Night Sports Content Editor, Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel seeks a sports content editor to take a leading role in our award-winning sports department. The sports content editor based in Orlando will work closely with columnists, reporters and bloggers for both the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun-Sentinel in print and online and will serve as the ranking night sports editor for both the Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The editor also will take a leading role in digital planning and enterprise for both APSE top-10 websites.

DUTIES
--Serve as point of communication between editors, reporters, producers and print production teams at night.
--Make news-judgment and story placement decisions on web and in print in coordination with other editors.
--Take leading role in digital content creation, innovation, strategy and implementation of new products.
--Work with columnists, reporters and bloggers on strategic content creation, ideas and best practices.
--Book the daily sports section for both markets and deliver a clear production plan to the night production teams.
--Ensure quality control, attention to detail and synergy across both web sites at night.

QUALIFICATIONS
--Proven managerial experience working closely with reporters to help good ideas become great.
--Proven track record of producing ambitious, engaging, informative and enterprising content in print and online.
--Strong planning, editing, digital and communication skills.
--Demonstrated knowledge of sports issues.
--Demonstrated expertise in digital trends, developments and best practices.
--An understanding of how to use social media to expand our reach.

Send resume, cover letter, references and no more than six work samples that demonstrate your leadership skills in print and online to:

Tim Stephens
AME/Sports Topic Manager
Orlando Sentinel
633 N. Orange Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801

or

e-mail: sentinelsportseditor@gmail.com.

No phone calls, please.

 

Who left?

 

Matt Humphrey ... a little while ago

 

How many ASEs are they down to? At one point under McKenzie/Hoppes they had 10 or 11.

Granted, most of those ASEs were pretty damn good.

 

Paging Mile_High.

 

I'm guessing Tyler Dunne isn't in the running.

 

Has the Sentinel sports section gone way, way, way downhill from its heyday?

I was in town a couple weeks ago and picked up a couple copies, hoping to see what all the buzz was about with the Sentinel.

Was monumentally unimpressed with the section. Granted, it was during the week and during the non-busy time of year, but in some ways, that's when you see what a section is made of. It's easy to put out great content and packaging when it's in the middle of college football season in SEC country.

 

Did the Magic play at home the night before?

 

No.

 

It's gone downhill, but it's still one of the better sections around.

It hasn't dropped off on the level of the KC Star or AJC.

 

Someone PM'd me with this crack about this job.

If this opening was in South Florida, they'd just promote a preps writer.

I'm sorry, but that's damn funny.