Sports Reporter - Knoxville, TN

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Digital college sports writer wanted to cover a NCAA Division I program in a university city.

The selected member will be digital savvy, equally capable of producing a video as he/she is with writing a breaking news story or with writing a quick-turnaround analysis from a game.

The chosen applicant will be a member of a 20-plus USA TODAY Network-Tennessee sports group which was recently honored with 20 Associated Press Sports Awards in 2017.

Interested applicants should apply and also send a digital resume to Phil Kaplan at pkaplan@gannett.com, include your top five links that show your expertise in digital storytelling.

 

I went back to the link and it changed locations from Knoxville to Murfreesboro. So it must be for a job covering Middle Tennessee State. Here's the link.

Job opportunity at Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK - Sports Reporter

 

When applying for a job, it's good to know what you are applying for.

 

Good advice. I've returned application packages sent via email that were sent to the wrong address, sight unseen.

 

It is, but the ad should at least mention what college you'd be covering.

 

It doesn't say what school and it initially had Knoxville as the city on the link. There wasn't mention of Murfreesboro until later on.

 

There is a map on the right of the job listing. Location is Murfressboro, Tenn.

 

I read the ad, but is this essentially a beat job covering MTSU?

 

Couldn't forward them, huh?

I knew a news editor who found an application packet buried in a stack of papers. It had been there for almost three months. Someone had apparently dropped it off in his desk mail basket right before the day's junk arrived. Somehow it got shifted underneath some borderline stuff and wasn't discovered for a while. The applicant was not great, but it was someone who at least deserved a response.

Never really understood why newspapers liked to dick around with people who might have been decent contributors. The position was basically the equivalent of a stringer, so it's not like anyone on the existing staff was going to get bumped.

 

This job was filled by Erik Bacharach, who previously covered prep sports in the Auburn. Ala., area.