Sports Editor ElCampo, Texas

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Company: Leader-News
Position: We love sports in Texas; do you?
Location: El Campo, Texas
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: $25,000 to $30,000
Ad Expires: April 14, 2011
Job ID: 1239716


Description:


The Leader-News, a twice-weekly newspaper located about an hour south of metro Houston, has an immediate opening for a sports editor to complete our newsroom. This is a one-person sports department that is responsible for game coverage, features, photography and layout using InDesign software.

Our next sports editor must be a versatile, motivated and organized journalist with a strong work ethic who understands the importance of professionally representing our company at various events throughout the area. He or she must be eager to contribute to an award-winning newspaper that has an established tradition of covering its community like few others.

This position is full-time requiring some nights and weekends. Journalism degree is a plus.

A competitive salary and benefits await our next sports editor.

Please send cover letter, resume' and clips of your work to publisher@leader-news.com.

The Leader-News is an EOE employer.

 

A job for an up-and-comer or a has-been? Obviously this place doesn't want talent if a a degree is optional. Just someone to crank out pages.

 

Stitch; are you suggesting that only those with journalism degrees have any talent?

 

Not as a blanket statement, but if you're under 30 and want to get in the business, you should have a four-year degree. Especially is a paper thinks it's a "plus" to have. There isn't a shortage of good writers with degrees around.

 

I'm working in journalism without a degree. I'm pretty decent at it. It can be done.

 

In all fairness it says "Journalism degree is a plus." To me that does not say a degree is optional, as much as the journalism focus is.

 

The best investigative reporter I know is an English / creative writing major.

 

well that settles it