Dallas Morning News - Cowboys beat writer

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Company: The Dallas Morning News
Position:Cowboys Beat Writer
Location: Dallas, Texas
Job Status: Not Specified
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires: March 2, 2011
Job ID: 1228665

Description:

The Dallas Morning News is seeking a Dallas Cowboys beat writer for SportsDay print and SportsDayDFW.com digital platforms.

As the Dallas/Fort-Worth metro area's leading news source, The Morning News expects its writer to break news routinely and set the beat’s reporting and enterprise agenda. This reporter must be a must-read for Cowboys fans.

The successful applicant understands and has a demonstrated history of multi-platform sports journalism. This includes breaking news online, maintaining a highly successful blog, integrating multiple social networking tools as a normal part of the daily routine while understanding where print fits in the mix. This reporter will be expected to quickly develop sources within the team and the NFL and produce ambitious, engaging and creative stories online and in print.

The beat includes coverage of all practices and games, multimedia appearances and off-season reporting.

Candidates should have at least two years of reporting experience at a daily newspaper or major website. The best candidates will have a distinct, polished writing style, strong reporting instincts and two or more years of experience on a major professional beat. You must possess the ability to communicate clearly, quickly and accurately on deadline, while thriving in a competitive market.

Send resume, cover letter, writing samples and examples of your best digital work to sports editor Garry Leavell at gleavell@dallasnews.com.

 

Dream job for anyone. What's the over/under on the amount of applications they get?

 

500

 

Forgot a zero

 

Isn't this like U2 advertising for a new singer?

 

Forgive me for thread-jacking but what happened to Jean-Jacques Taylor? His stuff was always a good read

 

Taylor is a columnist now. Has been for a while. This job is replacing Todd Archer, who bolted for ESPN Dallas.

If there was a safe job at the paper, it's this one. Can't say the same for anyone else.

 

Most jobs like this, I look at and think that I have almost no chance of getting the job. This one, I look at and think I have almost no chance of my application getting read.

 

Oh, I'm going to send it. Having no chance has never bothered me. I did spend my last year of college sending applications to everyone...literally.

That said, whether I send or don't send, I still have the same chance.

 

This is a top-10 NFL job, short of national coverage, right? Maybe even top-five. You have to think they can pull someone established off an NFL beat, with years of NFL experience.