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Decatur, Ill., ASE

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by koolbreeze, Nov 11, 2007.

  1. koolbreeze

    koolbreeze Member

    From journalismjobs.com:

    We're looking for a person to lead the night-time production for an aggressive sports department which regularly earns state and national awards. The right person would be an entertaining paginator, skilled copy editor and be able to motivate an enthusiastic staff. Send work samples, resume and cover letter to sports editor Mike Albright at 601 E. William, Decatur, Illinois, 62525 or submit them to malbright@herald-review.com.
     
    koolbreeze, Nov 11, 2007
    #1
  2. Barsuk

    Barsuk Active Member

    It's apparently not necessary to know the difference between "that" and "which."
     
    Barsuk, Nov 11, 2007
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  3. thegrifter

    thegrifter Member

    nice!
     
    thegrifter, Nov 12, 2007
    #3
  4. OrangeGrad

    OrangeGrad Member

    Decatur lost a talented one in Mike Drapa.
     
    OrangeGrad, Nov 12, 2007
    #4
  5. EmbassyRow

    EmbassyRow Active Member

    Where'd he go?
     
    EmbassyRow, Nov 12, 2007
    #5
  6. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    Good catch! You passed the proofers test... you're hired!
     
    steveu, Nov 12, 2007
    #6
  7. clarkington

    clarkington Member

    Yeah, where did he go?
     
    clarkington, Nov 13, 2007
    #7
  8. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    Percentage of duties:
    Page design: 82.2 percent
    Motivating enthusiastic staff: 17.7 percent
    Copy editing: 0.1 percent
     
    MU_was_not_so_hard, Nov 14, 2007
    #8
  9. Mystery_Meat

    Mystery_Meat Guest

    One time I did a copy editing test where I made a correction on the instructions. They e-mailed me to set up an interview, then the job got frozen.
     
    Mystery_Meat, Nov 14, 2007
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  10. Rusty Shackleford

    Rusty Shackleford Active Member

    Guess they didn't find anyone they wanted on the first go-round.

    http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=852177
     
    Rusty Shackleford, Jan 7, 2008
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