Digital Sports Editor, nights; Dallas

Company: The Dallas Morning News
Digital Sports Editor - Nights
Website: http://www.dallasnews.com

Description: The Dallas Morning News sports department seeks a night digital sports editor. This editor's primary job will be to create and publish content for the SportsDay digital properties, including the iPad, smartphone, mobile and Website. The editor will plan and oversee content during the hours when most sports are live and breaking and also blend the award-winning newspaper content with live content for the busy morning traffic.

Other components of the job include:

-- Work/oversee digital and multimedia projects, including applications, photo and video.

-- Establish a workflow to maximize the use of newspaper content and newspaper staff to put out content 24-7.

-- Analyze traffic patterns, research new technological solutions and provide the next vision for improvements.

-- Be a force in maximizing relevancy through social media.

-- There will be plenty of hands-on work updating digital properties throughout the shift -- that includes design, editing, writing and display. Plus, doing anything else that expands -- and improves -- the content on the site. But there will also be time to plan the next big thing.

-- Experience in Web design, multimedia and interactivity is preferred.

Key attributes of a candidate include:

-- Good news judgment, grammatical precision, a flair for headlines, energy, curiosity and an appreciation for to provide the best local sports coverage with impact and excitement.

-- Someone who is versatile and speedy both as a journalist and as a web producer. Someone who can post a story within seconds without much of a safety net.

-- Strong communication, organizational and time management skills and avility embrace that the job sometimes will mean working at various hours, weekends and holidays.

This position will report to the senior managing digital editor of sports.

To apply for this position, e-mail resume and relevant examples of work to kwhitfield@dallasnews.com.

 

Hi everyone,

Yes, we've got another digital position open. We're still in the process of filling the high schools sports digital editor gig. Tons of great applications. Thanks to everyone who has applied.

This night-time job just came open within the past few days. The person who currently has this job has an opportunity outside of journalism that he simply can't turn down.

The job description for this opening is pretty straightforward. Like I said with the high schools job, Dallas is a great place to live and work. Our company continues to invest heavily in our digital products, especially sports, which is a huge segment of DMN's digital traffic.

If y'all have any questions let me know. Thanks for your interest.

-- Kyle

 

What type of experience is needed for the position and how much?