Senior reporter for UNC hoops, football

Pitiful that there are so many typos and punctuation issues in an ad for a job of this caliber. ... wirtes? ... $1000,000 ... Seriously?

 

Major beat at a major paper. Sure they will have no shortage of applicants who see it as a "destination job". If I wanted to live in that part of the world, I'd certainly throw my hat in the ring.

 

Reading further in this thread, it wouldn't be surprising.

 

Those requirements are all boilerplate from the paper's (or chain's) Human Resources Department. No sports editor ---- with or without a candidate in mind --- is going to specify how much liability insurance you must carry.

 

Fran is exactly right. I'll bet half of those odd requirements are a pro forma matter of state law.

 

The driving record makes sense, and I've run into that insurance thing before. Many years ago when I was a young pup reporter the place I started out at required that I up my coverage to be eligible for reimbursement for mileage. You drive to a lot of assignments and they need assurance that while you're representing the company you're insured properly or it can come back to them. There's no shortage of people who'd love to go after a newspaper if one of the paper's employees barrels into them. The paper is doing what papers do -- covering its ass.

 

I've had a license since I was 16. If they really wanted to, I'm sure they would by pass two years.

 

Despite the bizarre Charlotte-Raleigh marriage, and the fact that McClatchy stinks, I still think this is a pretty darn good job.

 

It's the best job in either market. It's the best sports job in the state. I just hope they get to hire somebody.

 

Why wouldn't they get to hire somebody?

 

Because management will likely seize the opportunity to kill the position and save money. Of course.

 

By kill, he means slide someone on staff into the UNC beat and keep sliding staffers into new roles until you find a job you don't fill. It's just the unfortunate reality of how many big chain jobs are being filled. I hope it's not the case here.