Assistant Sports Editor- Holland Sentinel

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Company: Gatehouse Media
Position:
Assistant Sports Editor
Location:
Holland, Michigan
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
July 24, 2013
Job ID: 1503579
Website: http://www.hollandsentinel.com

Description:

The Holland Sentinel is seeking a full-time assistant sports editor passionate about local sports with a strong ability to identify compelling stories about people.

The Sentinel covers 10 high schools, NCAA Division II and Division III powers Grand Valley State University and Hope College, plus other athletics and recreation in the community.

The successful candidate must have a strong writing background, be able to shoot photos and video, and have a working knowledge of social media, including Twitter, Facebook and Storify, as well as Adobe Photoshop. Clean writing and AP style are essential. A degree in journalism and previous newspaper experience are preferred. The successful candidate will be able to write insightful stories and bring fresh ideas for digital and social media coverage as well as The Sentinel's six-day print publication.

Submit resume, cover letter and five work samples to Sports Editor Dan D'Addona at sports@hollandsentinel.com.

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1503579

 

Does anyone know anything, aside from the obvious, about this paper? How many people are in the sports department? I took a look at the website and most stories had a "staff reports" byline. The only bylines that I did find were by the SE.

 

It's a GateHouse paper, circulation of about 15,000. They just lost the sports editor (full disclosure, he and I are friends all the way back to college) to the Division III college in town as the new SID.

Assistant SE got promoted... he's been there a while so he definitely deserves it.

Paper went down to six days a week in the past year, but it used to be six days up until the late 1980s. The Friday edition is thicker than it used to be, because it incorporated a lot of the Saturday elements.

Good place to work. Don't know about pay, but paper's serious about covering Hope and Grand Valley and definitely is prep-intensive.

 

Filled, according an email I got this morning.

 

Love the location, but it seemed like all (or at least the majority) was high schools and small colleges.