Prep leader/writer, Birmingham News

Company: The Birmingham News
Position:
Prep sports reporter
Location:
Birmingham, Alabama
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
February 15, 2008
Job ID: 871824

Description:
The Birmingham News seeks a reporter to lead coverage of high school athletics in central Alabama. This reporter will cover games and athletic issues, write a column and online blog, and will organize and coordinate coverage of athletic events involving 70 high schools in the Birmingham area. Candidates should have a minimum five years daily newspaper experience and should demonstrate skill in coordinating a large prep operation as well as skill in covering off-the-field hard news stories. Experience in developing online coverage is a plus.
The Birmingham News Co. offers an outstanding benefits package, including health, dental and life insurance, 401k with match, pension, tuition assistance, credit union and much more.

Candidates may send a cover letter, resume, work samples and references to: The Birmingham News Co. Attn: HR/Matt Havard PO Box 2553 Birmingham, AL 35203 [No Phone calls please]

The Birmingham News Co. WHAT WE DO MATTERS

EOE

 

This thread, or a variation of it, was locked. Don't know why.

rb

 

so, what's going on with this one?

 

I get that "What we do matters!" is the News' slogan, but do you really need it in a job ad?

 

Know a few people there. Think nearly all of them are pretty damn good.

 

this should have already been filled internally.

 

Should have, and have, are two different things, sadly.

 

Good for the guy who outed the internal candidate. A penny saved not sending postage is many pennies earned.

 

Huh?

It was a bullshit move. Why should anyone be outed?

There were two internal candidates who were up for it, by the way, and I don't know what this posting means.

 

It means I won't waste my time applying for a job that was only posted to fulfill some corporate policy. When you get rejected over 40 times, half of which are jobs that are filled internally, you begin to appreciate when someone tells the truth about something, even if it is done in an unfortunately shady manner. But this whole business is shady, so what would you expect?

 

Get your facts straight. The first time around, the job wasn't even posted. A thread was started by someone on here, and it seems the thread was started solely to out the internal candidate.

Here's the thread in question:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/50467/

 

No offense Carl, but I think you need to chill out about your hatred for filling positions internally. Just because a hire is made internally doesn't mean it predestined to be so. Often -- not every time, but often -- a position is legitimately opened up, and the internal candidate just happens to be the best candidate, and he or she gets the job.

And in this case, somebody made a completely bush move by not only point out there was an internal candidate, but outing said candidate. Not cool.