Oklahoma beat writer | The Norman Transcript

Salary: 30-35k

The Norman Transcript seeks an accomplished writer to cover sports at the University of Oklahoma and area prep schools. The reporter will cover major OU sports, including football, and will have area prep coverage responsibilities as well. Applicants must have digital as well as print experience, and embrace the importance of a vibrant social media presence. This job requires strong writing and the ability to build up sources quickly in a competitive beat. Coverage will be shared with our 15 sister CNHI papers in Oklahoma.

Send a cover letter, resume and work samples to Transcript Editor Caleb Slinkard at jobs@normantranscript.com.

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Does this position include five furlough days per quarter as has been policy for years with CNHI?

 

35k to cover the Sooners? No, that's not depressing at all. I need a drink or 10

 

And remember, it's not just the Sooners. Get your ass to a high school game every Friday night before your Sooner-filled Saturday.

 

"Like" doesn't convey the right response for me. This job listing is depressing as hell.

 

Hey their Stillwater cohort a few years back advertised an OSU beat gig for 18k. 35k makes that uh...well....less depressing. And Norman, in the shadow of The Oklahoman pays a full time Thunder beat guy. The AP guy in Oklahoma isn't even a full time Thunder guy.

 

Wow. Just wow. That's 20 days off a year or four weeks ... wonder if you still get the $35k or they dock you for it, and you're really only getting around $31k.

 

Fuck that bullshit.

 

Where did John Shinn go? He's been the OU beat guy for a long time there and does a great job. The paper is pretty solid, but CNHI tho ...

 

The moment I saw CNHI was where the needle scratched.

 

Which is probably a good thing, because then every Thunder AP story would say "Thunder ... it." /crossthread