Sports editor, Manhattan, Kan.

From jjobs:
Description:
The Manhattan Mercury, a 10,000 circ. newspaper in a Big 12 university city, is seeking a sports editor. The ideal candidate will have the following characteristics:
1. First-rate writing and editing potential.
2. Energetic and aggressive.
3. Desirous of moving up quickly in the sports arena.
4. Willing to marry to the job for a couple of years.
5. Able to work as part of a team.
Please respond with resumes, two or three writing samples and references to felber@themercury.com

Just don't know about that "willing to marry to the job." Does that mean for only single people to apply?

 

It probably means that if you're single, then plan on staying single as long as you're there.

 

Marry to the job for a couple of years?

Yeah, that sounds attractive. Do they physically chain you to the desk?

 

Hey sports editor job, what's your sign?

 

I can speak to this city pretty f-ing well. The paper ain't much, but it ain't shit, either.
Manhattan is one of those cities that is as good as you make it.

 

As long as the job doesn't whine that I don't take it out on the town enough or that I haven't fixed the leaky bathroom faucet, then I'll marry the job. But it better put out.

 

The town is great. Haven't been in a while, but they serve some of the biggest beers I've ever seen. You can go out with $15, get drunk, and come back home with change.

 

are those two contradictory or am i reading that wrong?

 

anybody with any questions about the job or the paper, PM me.

but for a quick overview, i'd approach this position very, very carefully.

 

Is Janssen moving on?

 

Well, you'd better be damn creative IMO.

 

The way I understand it, and I could be mistaken, is that Janssen is stepping down as sports editor and will only cover K-State athletics as a "part-timer". No more pagination or official leadership responsibilities. This way, the higher-ups can keep the full-time sports staff at two positions.

So that probably means covering Bob Huggins won't be part of the job for the new SE.