Sports editor, Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale, Calif.

Company: Antelope Valley Press
Position: Seek star sports editor
Location: Palmdale, California
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires: December 22, 2010
Job ID: 1213997
Website: http://avpress.com

Description:
The Antelope Valley Press sports section earned best overall in its circulation class in the most recent California Newspaper Publisher Association better newspapers contest. The sports editor we seek will be a dynamic news professional who grasps that local and prep is key to delivering a vital community sports section, in an area that also demands a regional and national report in one of the nation's biggest sports markets. Our community daily in the fastest growing region of Southern California grew while others cut back. Our sports editor will be someone sure-handed with a talented staff of a half-dozen plus an assistant editor. Required is a newsroom leader with an eye for design, who has a grasp of a diverse sports report that includes community youth sports. Our writers, photographers and editors win a lot awards and we require a seasoned sports journalist with experience, initiative, creativity and a desire to build on solid achievement. Our compensation is competitive, benefits excellent. Our location, 90 minutes from the beach with close access to mountain winter and outdoor sports, offers great Southern California geography. To apply, send resume, clips, and references to Antelope Valley Press, P.O. Box 4050, Palmdale, CA 93590-4050 or e-mail to personnel@avpress.com.

 

Does anyone know their circ?

 

Ditto. (But not in a Limbaugh sort of way).

 

I'll echo the question, where's Toby going?

 

Any idea, ballpark, what something like this might pay?

 

21,675 via wikipedia

 

It was a difficult decision to leave the Antelope Valley, but I have been fortunate to be considered for some opportunities in the Midwest and will be relocating.

I will answer questions about the position via PM. Interested parties can feel free to let me know, and I can also forward information on to the hiring editors. I think the section is in a good position, and I would like to see someone come in who can maintain things and take it to the next level. For a paper of its size, the resources are very good (an assistant SE, an associate SE, three full-time prep writers, a juco beat writer, an outdoors/prep writer and columnist Brian Golden) and space is plentiful for the goal of producing a comprehensive sports report of local, L.A. and national news.

I liked the people in the newsroom, loved the challenge and liked what we accomplished.

 

Always had a lot of respect for Toby and I'm sure he'll do well. California is just getting too expensive to live in on a journalist's salary.

 

Circ was 28,000 when this position came open a couple of years ago.

 

best of luck toby.