Location: Virtual

About the Organization

MediaPedia is a nonprofit dedicated to exposing media bias and empowering Americans to seek truth without gatekeepers. Launched in January 2025, MediaPedia is building the largest, most transparent database of media outlets, journalists, and editorial influencers in the country—functioning like an IMDb for the news industry.

MediaPedia was created in response to the growing dominance of ideologically driven media watchdogs like NewsGuard and Ad Fontes, whose influence shapes which voices are amplified—and which are silenced. Through its proprietary MediaPedia Rating System (MRS), the organization provides the tools Americans need to assess the objectivity and transparency of the news they consume.

MediaPedia is backed by a commitment to advancing viewpoint diversity, civil discourse, and the foundational values of a free society.

We are now seeking an entrepreneurial and mission-driven CEO to lead MediaPedia through its growth stage, scale its reach, and secure the resources needed to make media transparency a national priority.

 

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Leadership

  • Serve as the strategic and operational leader of MediaPedia.
  • Cultivate a mission-driven, high-performance culture that reflects the organization’s core values.
  • Oversee staff, contractors, and day-to-day execution of MediaPedia’s programs and priorities.

Fundraising & Development

  • Lead all fundraising efforts, with a strong focus on major donors and institutional funders aligned with MediaPedia’s mission.
  • Develop and implement a multi-year development strategy to support long-term sustainability.
  • Steward relationships with new and existing funders through regular communication and strategic engagement.

Strategic Growth & Public Engagement

  • Oversee the continued buildout of the MediaPedia Rating System and the expansion of MediaPedia’s journalist and outlet database.
  • Position MediaPedia as a nationally recognized media accountability platform through earned media, op-eds, podcasts, and public speaking.
  • Launch new content, tools, and engagement strategies to grow MediaPedia’s visibility and user base.

Governance & Compliance

  • Work closely with the Board of Directors to report on impact, strategy, and fiscal oversight.
  • Ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and financial requirements related to nonprofit governance.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in the nonprofit, media, or other relevant sector.
  • Significant experience in nonprofit or startup leadership, ideally as an Executive Director, CEO, or founding leader.
  • Media experience preferred, whether through direct work in the media or indirect engagement with media professionals.
  • Fundraising experience preferred.
  • Deep understanding of and alignment with MediaPedia’s mission, including media accountability, transparency, and civil liberties.
  • Strong public communication skills and experience serving as a public spokesperson or thought leader.
  • Comfort operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, early-stage environment with high expectations and lean infrastructure.
  • Willingness and ability to travel 10-15% of the time.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience building or scaling issue-based platforms, research databases, or advocacy tools.
  • Familiarity with the news and media ecosystem, especially around issues of bias, censorship, and journalistic ethics.
  • Background in donor network engagement, particularly within liberty-minded or free expression-focused philanthropic circles.

To Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

  • Cover letter including:
    • Your interest in MediaPedia’s mission
    • An overview of your leadership, media, and fundraising experience
    • Salary requirements
    • Resume

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link:

https://talentmarket.org/candidates/apply-for-your-dream-job/

Questions can be directed to Claire Kittle Dixon, President of Talent Market, who is assisting with the search: [email protected].

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit entity dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law, and limited regulation.