Sports copy editor, Allentown (Pa.), The Morning Call

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Company: The Morning Call
Position:
Copy editor, sports
Location:
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires:
September 25, 2007
Job ID: 655163
Website: http://themorningcall.com

Description:

Is it first-and-10 or 1st and 10? Pat Burrell or Pat Burell? Andre Iguadalla or Andre Iguodala? If you can answer those questions, if you study box scores -- and the AP Stylebook -- there might be a place for you on our night sports copy desk. We need an all-around performer - a sharp copy editor who can write headlines, paginate pages, handle agate and everything else it takes to help publish a quality daily sports section. We're located in eastern Pennsylvania, an hour north of Philadelphia and about two hours west of New York City. We cover Philadelphia pro teams, Penn State football, seven local colleges, several dozen high schools and we have a new Triple-A minor league team coming to town in 2008. Three to five years’ experience on a newspaper copy desk is preferred, but newspaper copy desk internships will be taken into consideration.

Send cover letter, resume and samples of your work to Ron Stumpf, Chief of copy desks/CN, The Morning Call, 101 N. Sixth St., Allentown, Pa. 18105

 

Lots of good people at this place. It's rare when the Morning Call has an opening.

 

I hope the job would be more interesting than the 1st vs. first non-debate in the ad. That type of fake "test" is one reason people think so little of copy editors.

 

I second Keystone. GREAT paper for the area, great access to both New York and Philly. Now if only a damn writing position would open up... lol

 

It's also one reason why copy editors think so little of some beat writers. But yeah, the add is a tad over the top. How big is the desk there?

 

I've seen this paper. Quality.

 

Allentown's also had buyouts/layoffs in recent years, IIRC, thanks to Tribune. For what it's worth ....

 

There is the buyout/layoff thing, but there are some real pros at this newspaper. And I've honestly never met anybody from this paper I didn't like. In fact, one person there (in news) is probably one of my favorite people in the business. The area has its ups and downs, but it's so close to Philly and NYC, you can almost feel it. It used to be the kind of place at which you stayed if you got a job there, as people such as John Kunda spent years writing and working in sports there. I don't know if there are too many places like that now.

 

Allentown is what it is. Allentown. It's not Philly. It's not New York. It's Allentown.

 

Larry O'Rourke, one of their best writers, is one of the finest guys I've met in this business.

 

Thanks for stopping by, Larry! (Kidding. Larry is a good dude.)

 

Larry is great people.