Regional Sports Editor - Owatonna People's Press and Waseca County News (Minnesota)

Job Description
APG Media of Southern Minnesota is looking for a sports editor for its Steele and Waseca County publications. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable writing an enterprise piece on booster club finances, a gamer or a feature on a top prep athlete.

Responsibilities and Duties
Oversee sports coverage for Owatonna People’s Press and Waseca County News.

Work collaboratively with other sports editors to develop a regional budget and a weekly budget for the Waseca and Owatonna publications. Write features, previews, game stories and analysis for area sports and recreational teams.

Contribute to the newsrooms’ efforts to effectively cover and inform the community.

Qualifications and Skills
The successful applicant will have

• Insatiable curiosity about all kinds of sports and recreation (not just prep athletics.)

• An excellent grasp of interviewing and writing techniques and a demonstrated knowledge of how multimedia enhances reporting.

• Demonstrated leadership skills and a team player mentality

• Four-year post-secondary degree in related field or comparable practical experience in a work environment.

• Experience using social media

• Technical competence with Word and Web-based content management.

• Photo skills are a significant plus.

• Reporters who thrive on writing only gamers need not apply.

Job Type: Full-time

APG Media of Southern Minnesota, LLC, a division of family owned Adams Publishing Group, has 8 community newspapers in southern Minnesota. Its newspapers are aggressive, watchdog-oriented papers with newsrooms full of talent. Adams Publishing Group also owns newspapers throughout the country, from Florida to Washington state, as well as other media and non-media operations.

Benefits include health insurance, paid time off and 401k.

Email your resume, cover letter and no more than five writing samples to Associate Editor Lisa Kaczke at lisa.kaczke@apgsomn.com and Michael Hughes at michael.hughes@apgsomn.com.