Baytown (Texas) Sun Sports Writer,

Salary: $20,000 to $25,000

The Baytown Sun Newspaper, Baytown Texas located 35 minutes southeast of Houston, Texas. Sports Writer needed for local newspaper print edition and web edition. Must be experienced in sports writing, page layout (Quark preferred) and some photography. Coverage area includes Baytown, Crosby, Barbers Hill, Anahuac, and Dayton. Must have flexible hours, some weekends. Fulltime plus benefits. Newspaper publishes 5 days per week and online paid subscribers daily. Send resume to carla.torres@baytownsun.com

Per: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1212211

 

$20 to $25k to live in Texas?.....I'm sure they want experience and a degree which cost $30k to get....This world is in the dumps

 

You're right. I'm going to med school.

 

I never really knew Texas was a high cost-of-living state. There's no income tax there.

 

Perhaps Newspaperman was not referring to cost of living, but to quality of living.

 

Same salary I was offered ... back in 2003.

 

Must be nice to make $25K.

 

... price of mac-and-cheese has gone up since then.

 

I didn't go to college to eat ramen noodles every night... If I wanted that lifestyle I would have dropped out of high school.

 

Texas is very affordable in every sense. That being said, Baytown is an absolute pit. I know nothing about the job, though.

 

Baytown is a refinery town, smell and all. Close enough to Houston that you won't feel isolated, although I wouldn't expect Houston pro sports to be part of this job. If you want to see a pro game, expect it to be on your own time and dime.

 

The NHRA rolls into Baytown each year. It's one of the quickest quarter-mile strips on the circuit.