Senior Editor, Sports Desk, Corpus Christi, TX

From what I remember, the "Central Desk" in Corpus will have editors and designers numbering in the mid 50s. So, you're probably looking at about 35 per night to get five people per each paper. Just guessing, though.

 

So you basically put the pages together in one location and then ship them electronically to be printed somewhere else?

So you're basically like Super Paginator, seven papers a night? Heavens, what a nightmare.

 

The editor is running the show, not acting in the play. They aren't paying $50k for someone to paginate.

 

Friend talked to the contact about this position before he took another gig. Lots of moving parts, and it is, as Mile High said, an admin/booking/staff managing spot with some nightly page work if absolutely needed. Hours won't be until 2, but it's not a day job either. And the salary is decent for that part of coastal Texas.

 

Honestly, that doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe I'm not getting something here.

You have a local sports editor and a local paginator. You come in, discuss things for a few and go from there. First, why would you need someone hundreds/thousands of miles away in the process? Second, if I'm in, say, California, my section is probably not going to look anything like one in Texas most days.

If I'm the paginator, I don't want someone hundreds of miles away "booking the section". That's my responsibility, along with the responsibility to adjust to breaking news if it happens as the night goes along. Strange.

 

Aw, OK, thanks. Didn't realize all the paginators were in Corpus Christi.

Still don't like the arrangement. If I'm at one of the west coast papers, how is it helpful to have the pages built in Corpus Christi and constantly be communicating over the phone? Wonder how many people they have on that desk to do seven distinctly different papers?

 

I doubt those papers are different for every page. The baseball page, for example, may be nearly the same everywhere. And pieces of a page may be the same.

 

50K is pretty decent pay in Texas, and especially in Corpus. Cost of living there is very reasonable.

Corpus is a decent-sized city that's easy to get around in. Plenty of dining options and decent, though not outstanding, nightlife.

There are some decent people that work at the paper there.

the biggest cons to the job are Gulf coast living isn't for everyone. You pretty much have to experience it for yourself to find out why it may or may not be for you. Hot, humid summer days can be very bad here, though most days are tolerable due to an ocean breeze. Still, it's a feel for yourself.

You're a long drive away from the nearest MLB, NFL, NHL and/or NBA team, and that drive (at least until you hit San Antonio) is kinda lonely.

There is minor league hockey, indoor football and minor league baseball. Whataburger Field is one of the more scenic minor league baseball parks in the state. But it's home to the Astros Double A affiliate, so the scenic stadium is drained out by bad baseball.

There is decent HS football around the area, but the top area HS teams are in baseball.