Sports Writer, The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Company: The Citizens' Voice
Position:
Sports writer
Location:
WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires:
December 25, 2007
Job ID: 856212
Website: http://citizensvoice.com

Description:
The Citizens’ Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has an immediate opening for a sports writer to cover scholastic and collegiate sports in an aggressive two-newspaper market.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record covering a beat and the ability to identify compelling feature and enterprise stories. We’re also looking for a reporter who understands the basics and importance of the Web in breaking the news. 1-2 years of daily experience is preferred, but we will consider entry-level reporters with strong journalism backgrounds.

Send resume and work samples to Larry Holeva, Managing Editor, The Citizens’ Voice, 75 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 or e-mail lholeva@timesshamrock.com

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I saw a couple threads from a while back on jobs from here and the other paper in town, seemed mostly negative. The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area doesn't seem like the worst place in the world. For someone hypothetically looking to make a move out of their first job, where would this rank?

 

This paper has a lot more stability than the Times-Leader, from what I gather. They're a Times-Shamrock paper, and between this and Scranton, it's the apples of their eye. I know someone in news who seemed happy there last I heard.

 

still waiting for a The Office reference.

 

I'm also considering an offer in Stamford, if anyone can compare the two branches - I mean, papers - for me.

 

a tip of the cap, fine sir.

 

Anyone know what their circulation is at right now?

 

my friend once told me this was the lone hyphenated city in America, I doubt that's true.

 

Problem is, Shamrock reports The Citizens' Voice and The Scranton Times-Tribune jointly as one combined circulation number.

TIMES-SHAMROCK NEWSPAPERS, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) SAT M DLY 80,983
TIMES-SHAMROCK NEWSPAPERS, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 82,917
TIMES-SHAMROCK NEWSPAPERS, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) SUN DLY 100,137

Last I recall hearing, Scranton was more than 50K and W-B was about 30K, but I couldn't guess the current breakdown.

By comparison:
SUNDAY TIMES LEADER, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) SUN DLY 50,343
TIMES LEADER, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) SAT M DLY 37,520
TIMES LEADER, WILKES-BARRE (LUZERNE CO.) AVG M (M-F) DLY 37,556

 

When did they start doing that? I'm pretty sure that's a recent change because I remember numbers similar to the ones you guessed -- W-B around 30-ish, the two Scranton papers a combined 50 or 55.

 

Must be recent, MM.

And for the record, there is only one Scranton paper now. Morning and afternoon editions probably merged within the past four or five years.

 

I interned at the Scranton Times & Tribune about four and a half years ago. At the time, there was two seperate editions, the Times in the morning and the Tribune in the afternoon. Really, I don't think there was too much difference between each edition on most days, so it makes sense they merged, apparently a little more than two years ago.

The circulation was always explained as about 85,000 or so, and I was under the impression that was only the Scranton papers, not the Citizens' voice also. But maybe they just wanted you to think that.

At any rate, I thought highly of the Times & Tribune, and I think the Citizen's Voice was pretty good as well. Obviously, they share a lot of things. Scranton covered the Red Barons' baseball time, as well as the hockey team, I believe. The Citizens' Voice took care of the AFL2 coverage. NASCAR is big there, too, of course.

I can't say for sure about the Citizens' Voice, but the Times & Tribune had a pretty friendly, relaxed atmosphere for the most part. I don't think too many people had major complaints, and in fact, most of them had been content working there for quite a few years.

 

Anyone know how big the staff is here?