Sports Editor - Sullivan, IN

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Date Posted June 03, 2015
Location Sullivan, Indiana
Job Status Full-time
Salary Not Specified

Description:
The Sullivan Daily Times, a 4,100 circulation, M-F morning daily in SW Indiana, is looking for a sports editor to begin in late April. Duties include covering three county high schools, reporting and photographing games, writing sports-related features, and designing 5-10 sports pages weekly.

The job requires a quick, accurate and efficient writer needing little editing or supervision to meet nightly deadlines, serving as part of an award-winning, four-person staff. Candidates should have a four-year journalism degree or equivalent work experience.

The Sullivan Daily Times is a family-owned newspaper in Sullivan, population 4,800, the county seat of Sullivan County, population 21,000.

Sullivan is 95 miles SW of Indianapolis, 23 miles south of Terre Haute, 30 miles north of Vincennes and 55 miles west of Bloomington on the state's western border.

The sports editor's pays $23K to $27K per year, depending on education, experience and talent. The Times offers major medical insurance through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for $10 a week. The Times offers one paid week of vacation after a year on the job and two weeks after five years. There are six paid holidays: New Year's, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Candidates should e-mail a cover letter, resume, references, plus writing, photography and layout samples to Gillian Kelk, managing editor, Sullivan Daily Times at publisher.sdt@gmail.com

No phone calls.