Sports Editor, Statesboro, Ga

Sports Editor The Statesboro Herald is looking for a sports nut, who would love organizing the best sports section of any small daily newspaper in Georgia. We are an 8,000 circulation, 7-day daily looking for an editor to run our sports department. We cover Georgia Southern University, which has the most successful I-AA football program in America and prominent Division I programs in men's and women's basketball, baseball and many other sports. We cover very successful high school sports teams in Bulloch County and a top-notch recreation program. And we go to The Masters every year. The successful candidate will have at least two years experience working at a daily newspaper, be a quality writer, be proficient in Quark Xpress and have excellent organizational and people skills. Sports coverage is an integral part of the success of the whole newspaper, so the sports editor must work well with all departments. It is a demanding but rewarding job. We offer a competitive salary, company health plan, 401K and a great place to live in a college town 50 miles west of Savannah. If you are qualified and interested, please e-mail a cover letter and resume to Jim Healy, executive editor, jhealy@statesboroherald.net
Salary: $25,000 to $30,000

 

Don't know much about the Herald over the last several years, but I do know Jim Healy is a good guy. And a smooth SE can sweet talk his way into playing Forest Heights gratis.

 

If it doesn't work out, you can sing the Statesboro Blues.

 

I just want to go on record and say that was pretty awful, heijira

 

Ain't that the truth.
I would have killed to make $30K at my 25K circ paper back in the days.

 

Anyone see an oxymoron?

 

Understatement...not an oxymoron.
that much money for that job is pretty darn good, relatively.

 

I think competitive salary can't be evaluated until COL is ascertained. Knowing where Statesboro is, I'd think you could live decently on that salary, though you might have to live in one of the outlying little burbs to do so. You also have to consider there's a D-I college to be covered. You have to pay well enough to have someone reasonably competent in the job. Or, at least, that's my theory.

 

How bout that? They're being homers in the job ad.

 

They also forget to mention that the Nebraska-like rebuilding stretch they're about to go into means 4-7 seasons should be the norm for 3-4 years. Right about when you'll be bouncing out of this place.
I know two former Statesboro guys. Both are out of the business and blazed a trail of mediocrity while they were in it.

 

And speaking of homers ...