Sports editor, Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale, Calif.

Fourth reposting: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1223078

At what point do they realize they need to change something about the job or pay?

 

JJobs keeps posting the gig as "Editor." This may be causing some otherwise interested candidates to pass on the posting without even clicking on it.

 

Fifth reposting: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1223078

When will they decide they can't hire anyone for that pay/situation?

 

Promote a staffer, I'm sure he'll take the pay raise.

 

Anyone curious about my dealings with this newspaper during its latest round of interviews, feel free to boardmail me.

 

Maybe the staffers don't want the extra crap that goes with the title. I'm sure management is dicking around with serious candidates, who get turned off by the crap that's being pulled.

 

... posted again today:

Company: Antelope Valley Press
Position: Sports Editor
Location: Palmdale, California
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires: August 4, 2011
Job ID: 1223078
Website: http://www.avpress.com

Description:

Opportunity to Make your Mark. The Sports Editor we seek will be a dynamic professional who understands that local and prep are key to delivering a vital community sports section that also delivers in a suburb of Los Angeles, one of the nation's largest sports markets. Our Sports Editor will be a planner who can communicate a vision and inspire others while getting the work done. You will lead a talented young staff of a half-dozen plus assistant editors and understand that a local newspaper we are proud of is our core product. The successful candidate will have an eye for design and a grasp of a diverse sports report that includes community and youth sports. Our writers, photographers and editors win numerous awards and we require a seasoned sports journalist with initiative, creativity and a desire to build on solid achievement. The Antelope Valley Press sports section earned best overall in its circulation class in the most recent California Newspaper Publisher Association better newspapers contest. Our community daily in the fastest growing region of Southern California added pages and features while others cut back. Our compensation is competitive, benefits excellent, standards high. 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.

 

I've worked one of Toby's old jobs once before. Maybe they are waiting for me to apply...

 

Six staffers, two ASEs and a sports editor all for a paper with 21K circulation? What. the. hell.

 

Market is 475k, so 21k circulation is a very low figure. Maybe they are positioning for future growth.

 

What are you considering the "market" there?

 

The market is primarily Palmdale-Lancaster, which combine for the 475,000 figure. And Brian and Stitch are pretty much both spot on. They apparently won't settle for anything less than Toby ... which sounds great, because it's good to raise the bar.

But when you can't find a suitable candidate in this economy n five rounds of interviews, then maybe you're the problem and it's time for a little self-reflection.