For Editors, Writers, Web Peeps...

Editors:

Arts and Entertainment Editor
Hyphen needs an editor who can take charge of our books, movies, music and literature sections and lead our coverage to where no Asian American magazine has gone before.

Books
We need an editor to lead coverage of the Asian American literary world, including reviews, author profiles and feature stories.

Movies
We’d like an editor who can conceptualize and execute smart stories about Asian American cinema, whether it’s movie trends, criticism or profiles of actors, directors and producers.

Web
We need an Internet-savvy editor who can help transform the Hyphen website into the leading multimedia portal for Asian American news and information. We’d like an editor who is familiar with latest interactive, audio and video media. We’d also like someone who can work with other staff members to plan and execute multimedia projects and website updates.

Copy editors
Wordsmiths with a sense of style and substance are what we’re looking for in a Hyphen copy editor. If you can shine copy like car wax and make headlines sing, we’re looking for you. Previous copy editing experience and knowledge of AP style desired.

*General Duties & Responsibilities for editors

Attend editorial meetings in San Francisco (every 2 to 3 weeks).
Help determine overall editorial direction of the magazine, and themes for each issue.
Brainstorm story ideas that fit within those themes.
Recruit freelance writers and work closely with them to meet deadlines.
Edit stories from 300 to 3,000 words.
Fact-check copy.
Work with art department to request or suggest art for stories you are editing.
Proofread.

*Knowledge and Skills for editors

Proven editing and professional journalism experience.
Able to snarl at bad copy and rewrite the lead five times—each one better than the last.
Basic copy editing skills (Knowledge of AP Style a plus).
Loves to spell check.
Plans life around deadlines.
Can wear multiple hats and pick up the slack.
Post-identity politicked.
Down for the cause but not obsessed by it.
Not easily offended or dissuaded by hard-asses.
Loves culture, your momma and self (not in that order).

We’re looking for editors landlocked to the SF Bay Area (though special considerations are extended to those living elsewhere). Writers can be anywhere.

Writers:

We’re always on the lookout for good stories that are both fun and serious, as long as it's well written and solidly reported. Issues that affect Asian Americans are what we want, but, please, no Asian American Studies 101. Don’t send us ideas about people or events in Asia. We cover Asian America, not Asia. And absolutely nothing with the phrase “East meets West.”

Editor and writer candidates submit cover letter, resume, story queries (writers) and published work examples or links to harry(at)hyphenmagazine.com.

Web team:

Hyphen is also on the lookout for a top-notch staff to run the technical aspects of our website. Specifically we need:

Web Programmer
Experience working with content management systems like Joomla and integrating third-party features.
Programming experience with PHP or Perl.
Intermediate proficiency with databases, XHTML, CSS, Javascript.

Web Designer
Experience with front-end template design for content management systems like Joomla.
Coding front-end to work on 4 major browsers (Firefox Windows, Firefox Mac, Safari, IE).
Proficient with Photoshop or other Graphic applications.

Web Team Member

Help keep the site up-to-date
Help test the site and make sure its functioning correctly.

Web team applicants should send resumes to my(at)hyphenmagazine.com

Feel free to pass this information onto anyone that you think might be interested!