Sports reporter/page designer, Opelika-Auburn News

The Opelika-Auburn News (Ala.) is seeking a sports reporter/page designer to complete its four-person staff.

Applicant must be a deadline-driven individual with the ability to read and write sports stories and spot mistakes and style errors quickly.

This person must be able to design attractive news pages for a daily newspaper as well as other printed and Web-based products.

The ideal candidate is one who can run the desk 4-5 nights per week and is able to make quick decisions about placement and importance of late-breaking stories.

The position is full-time and mostly on the night shift.

Applicant must have at least one year of daily newspaper experience. Knowledge of Quark, Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Adobe is a must.

The Opelika-Auburn News is an award-winning seven-day-a-week newspaper and is located in a brand-new, 40,000-square-foot building in a growing, sports-loving, vibrant college community in Auburn/Opelika (Ala.)
To apply, send resume with clips and a list of references to Sports Editor Mike Szvetitz at mszvetitz@oanow.com or mail them to 2901 Society Hill Road, Opelika, AL 36801 c/o Mike Szvetitz.

 

Between running the desk four or five nights a week, reading copy, designing news pages, doing stuff for the Web and doing a "fair share" of writing, I feel entitled to ask when the successful applicant's days off are.

 

OK, after re-reading what I wrote, I know the job sounds impossible. So I made some edits.

Days off are normally Sundays and Mondays, but that could vary.

As far as the "fair share" of writing goes ... what I should have said is there is an opportunity for the person to write as much as he/she would like, but the main focus is desking.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

Tim Ritter. He got a job at the Fort Myers News-Press as one of their desk guys.