Tiger Beat sports writer for The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.)

I don't know if this is a reworking of the prep reporter opening.

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1025907

Company: The State Journal-Register
Position: Lead this newspaper's youth journalism efforts
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires: April 2, 2009
Job ID: 1025907
Website: http://www.sj-r.com

Description:
The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill., is seeking an editor/writer for its weekly award-winning teen section, The Voice. Successful candidates should have a passion for youth journalism, be highly creative and in tune with what teens are talking about as well as understand how best to present information and drive traffic to both print and online.
The Voice editor oversees one teen intern and student journalists from a readership area that includes 24 high schools. This person must be highly organized, motivated and a self-starter. The Voice editor is part of an eight-member features staff and is expected to generate and contribute stories to other sections of the newspaper as needed. A four-year college degree in journalism or a related field is required. Pay and benefits competitive.

To apply, please send or e-mail a letter expressing interest and resume to Erin Orr, managing editor/content at erin.orr@sj-r.com, or P.O. Box 219, Springfield, IL 62705-0219. Applicants should express interest by March 13.

 

Doesn't look like a sports opening, so unless they really reworked the newsroom, I'm guessing this is something new. A lot of papers have (or had) something like this -- get correspondents from each high school in the coverage area to write about what you assign them, be it sports, music, whatever. Usually it's pretty fluffy stuff, because you'll be the one editing it to meet daily paper standards, and even the best of the correspondents are usually going to be pretty raw.

 

Don't know bout any of that, but I am digging the Oasis lyrics in the sig.

 

The Voice is an interesting section of the SJ-R...but no, there's no freakin' way this is the sports opening repackaged.

 

Tiger Beat? Is 16 Magazine also hiring?

 

Bananas just laid me off and Dynamite is not calling me back, so this might worth be looking into.

 

One of the interview questions is "Who is your favorite Jonas brother, and why?

Also, "compare and contrast the Godfather trilogy with High School Musicial 1-3."

 

Uh, I wish the entire cast of High School Musical could meet the same fate as Sonny Corleone at the tollbooth.

 

Absolutely, Mizzou Grad. You lead 'em there and I'll pull the trigger!

 

That was exactly my first thought when I saw the thread title. Hmmm. Maybe Teen Vogue has a place for me ...

 

...save Ashley Tisdale. ...um...uh...what?

 

I was going to mention the body count, but if that's what you're planning ...