Sports Editor- Fairbanks, Alaska

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Now here's a job for someone who loves the cold, and out in the middle of nowhere.

Company: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Position:
Sports editor
Location:
Fairbanks, Alaska
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
August 27, 2013
Job ID: 1513783

Description:



NCAA Division I ice hockey. Dog mushing. World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. More university sports. High school sports.

If you’re looking to add a twist to your sports journalism career, being the sports editor on the Last Frontier could be the job for you.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner is looking for a sports editor to lead the way in coverage of our diverse mix of sports. And we we’re looking for someone who knows that sports, like news, needs to be presented online and in social media quickly and accurately.

E-mail a cover letter, resume and clips or links to Managing Editor Rod Boyce at editor@newsminer.com.

 

Looks like it might be a two-man shop as the paper's website lists one sports ed and one sports reporter (who seems to be getting the bulk of the bylines).
Keep in mind that living in Fairbanks is pretty expensive, partly due to the remoteness.

 

I can hopefully answer questions if you're interested. My first job out of college was at this paper. I'm sure there's been changes since I last darked its doors, but there's some pretty neat things to cover and chances to get clips here.

 

I'm just curious about one thing, amraeder ... having nearly taken a job at another Alaska newspaper myself years ago.

Is the high turnover in Fairbanks due more to the town (remoteness, cold, etc.) or the newspaper and its management/ownership?

 

The N-M has a new ME since I was there, but I LOVED the paper. (Including the SE you'd be replacing with this gig). I got to do the stories I wanted. They treated you very well (for example, they, gasp, paid overtime and didn't make you feel bad taking vactation or sick days), and they're really, really good people. the remoteness/weather was the reason I left - I didn't like being so far from family and I didn't like the dark winters. But I still look back fondly on that shop.

The people I know who like living in Alaska have stayed at the paper.

(And I did know the current ME. He was the news editor when I was there and is a good guy).

All that said, they also had 3 writers and 1 editor for the sports staff when I was there, so things look leaner now. I still know people at the paper and should be able to get you answers if you're thinking of applying.

 

Although I'll add, I'd prefer any questions come to me via PM. I don't know that I'll keep tabs on this tread. I almost never come to the job board.

 

Almost took a news job there a few years ago. Was very impressed with what I saw of the paper itself.

Biggest downside is that Fairbanks is a bit, um, isolated geographically. There are no short trips. Nonetheless, if my current family situation were different, I'd be all over this one.

 

At one former stop, whoever did the weather page had the job of challenging the rest of the desk to guess the weather forecast for the next day. As it was Florida, it was typically in a range of 90-94, with a low of 70-74, and thunderstorms. Not that hard. So we added the challenge of guessing the weather in Fairbanks, Alaska. Every now and then it would surprise us by being 6/-12 instead of -17/-28.

 

Did they hire from within? It's a two-man shop and they just posted for a sports reporter.

 

Just saw that. If so, that was the fastest hire in the universe.

 

It would also mean that everyone who bet on Guymon, OK lost.