Cover the Nationals - Fredericksburg, VA

More openings like this might keep a fella from even considering going to law school.

 

Oh, salary requirements... any good suggestions as to what to put here and/or is it ok to "neglect" this part and hope it doesn't take you off their list?

 

And on that note, if you won't do it for less than 50 .... well ... as much as we'd like to have you ....

 

To whom do you address the cover letter when you're just sending it to human resources, the HR director? Dumb question, I know, but it's always something different with every opening.

 

Justin could answer the salary question better than anyone on here but 30K would be my guess.

 

Um, except driving to and from Richmond to the games every day makes it a 5-hour round trip, building in a little traffic but not as much as there could be.

BAD idea. Desker? Live in Richmond. Washington writer? Live north of Fburg.

 

81 games, tops. Probably a few less because you won't be covering every single home date. I mean, I like F'burg as much as anyone, but you're talking exburb distances for suburb prices.

And north of F'Burg? Might as well live in D.C. proper.

 

Living in Richmond is probably out .... unless you can fly. And if that's the case, you should probably find something more important to do with your skillset.

Yes, we have a writer who lives in Richmond - and it's quite handy when we're covering stuff to the south of Fredericksburg.

Todd and his family lived 20 or 30 miles north of Fredericksburg to cut down on his drive time to D.C. - and that will probably be our suggestion to the person that fills this spot.


As for salary, I don't feel comfortable talking specifics, but I'll say this: We're a family-owned company that's a real pleasure to work for ... they've diversified our interests (radio stations, a phone book, etc.) and are spending money on the product (new press and printing facility coming online in two years or so).

Based on my experiences with similar-sized papers, I think our pay is pretty competitive.

 

If someone was inclined, commuting between Richmond and D.C. would not be THAT difficult. People do it every day. Not only that, the time that you would spend on either Route 1 or I-95 wouldn't be THAT long considering when you would have be at the RFK or the new ball park, you would miss rush hour traffic.