Deputy Regional Sports Editor - Raleigh or Charlotte

Hey all,

This is to work as part of our team in the Southeast. It's officially listed through the N&O in Raleigh but can be based in Charlotte or the Triangle. I can help answer any questions you have.

The McClatchy Company LLC is looking for a great Deputy Regional Sports Editor.

Deputy Regional Sports Editor

We’re looking for a deputy regional sports editor to help direct sports coverage in dynamic, high-energy sports markets. This person will collaborate with a team of sports editors and reporters across McClatchy’s Southeast region newsrooms to develop compelling and essential sports journalism for our readers. The ability to collaborate effectively is essential.

Our regional sports editors must have a strong understanding of how to grow digital readership and strengthen engagement in a competitive pro sports and Division I college market. Our major readership drivers in North Carolina include UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, NC State University, the Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, NASCAR and a broad stretch of high school sports. This position can be based in Raleigh at The News & Observer or in Charlotte at The Observer.

The primary focus of this editor’s duties will be coordinating high school sports coverage across the region, but the regional sports editor will assist in college and pro sports coverage.

The regional sports editor will work closely with the Senior Sports Editor to lead our sports team in proactively breaking news on their beats, elevating our day-to-day coverage and identifying exclusive high-end enterprise that drives loyalty with our readers. He or she will succeed by being a strong coach for both early-career writers and sportswriting veterans.

Collaboration across newsrooms is vital, as well as effective teamwork with colleagues in advertising, product development and audience growth.

Education and Knowledge:

College degree required. Minimum of three years experience leading reporters and directing sports coverage.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Use strong editing skills and excellent news judgment to help shape our sports journalism and get it in front of digital readers.
  
  
• Work with reporters and other editors to develop smart short-, mid- and long-term coverage plans that are essential to sports readers.
  
  
• Directly supervise sports reporters and help them build key digital audience skills. Work collaboratively across the newsroom, region and McClatchy to help develop a high-performing sports team.
  
  
• Be innovative. We’re seeking an editor who can bring new ideas about how to grow our digital audience and serve our readers.
  
  
• Use analytics tools to determine effectiveness of strategies and revise as needed to drive our top-level audience goals.
  
  
• Use problem-solving skills to negotiate hurdles and identify solutions to stay on course with projects and strategies.
  
  
• Coach and mentor staff for improved performance and progress on individual skills, career goals and newsroom and company priorities.
  

McClatchy is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all applicants and employees. McClatchy considers all candidates without regard to basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, medical condition, family care status, pregnancy or physical disability (except where physical fitness is a valid occupational qualification), or any other basis protected by state and federal laws.

 

Pull on your big person pants for this one. North Carolina high school athletes are pretty darn good and there are a ton of great stories out there, from the Blue Ridge to Down East.

For example, I had the opportunity to cover Julius Peppers as a high school freshman. And Matt Stephens is good folks.

Grab yourself a burger and a shake at Char-Grill. You won't regret it.

 

Loved Char-Grill.

And one of the best steaks ever was at The Angus Barn.

 

This job has been filled.

 

Congrats, Justin and Matt! Still makes me smile to see "nando" after all these years since being a part of Nando.net/TotalSports.com.

 

Those were the days in Downtown Raleigh