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Cover UVA football, Charlottesville VA

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by gravehunter, Feb 8, 2012.

  1. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Mix of DP and TD coverage for Lynchburg.
     
  2. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    And Norfolk uses Roanoke's copy, IIRC.

    Also, I've done the Richmond-Charlottesville commute before. It sucks. It's not feasible on anything more than a short-term basis, especially in times of uncertain gas prices. Maybe if you live in Short Pump or Goochland, but that's still a long, boring, shitty commute.
     
  3. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Is Waynesboro an option?
     
  4. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Waynesboro would be workable, but that's still upwards of 30 minutes going over a mountain. And Waynesboro is depressing as hell.

    C'ville's cost of living is overstated. There are PLENTY of affordable rentals in the area, both near UVa and elsewhere if you don't want to live around students. (I've never tried to buy there, so that may be where the cost of living kicks in.)
     
  5. mediaguy

    mediaguy Well-Known Member

    Not that it's all that matters, but can somebody offer up an educated guess on salary here? $45,000? 50?
     
  6. Jake_Taylor

    Jake_Taylor Well-Known Member

    Unfortunately, no.
     
  7. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    Yeah, not within a country mile of it. I'm guessing upper 20s? If that?
     
  8. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    I don't know about that, MM. UVa football is the plum beat at the DP. I'd be willing to bet it starts with a 3.
     
  9. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    You'd hope, but I seem to recall the UVA basketball beat went for under 30, and possibly under 25. Can't find the thread here, but I know they got damn near 400 applications.
     
  10. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    They might have gone in looking for that, but when they hired, they paid appreciably more.
     
  11. Mystery Meat II

    Mystery Meat II Well-Known Member

    Good. Given MG's less than stellar salary history, you'd hate to think a big boy beat would result in kiddie table payout.
     
  12. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    That said, I don't expect them to go over slot this time around. Times have changed.
     
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