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UCLA beat writer, L.A. Daily News

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by Gene Warnick, Aug 4, 2009.

  1. tmayforth

    tmayforth Member

    If it's been announced that Jon got the job, congrats to him.
     
  2. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    And it's not like there's a shortage of really good, proven, experienced reporters out there right now.
     
  3. dragonfly

    dragonfly Member

    I haven't heard anything official, and I don't think anything is official ... But, if Jon Gold does get the job it would be a great hire. I've read more than a few of his stories since he started stringing for them, and the guy obviously knows how to write.

    Yes, he's young. Mid-20s I believe. But he's older and more experienced than some of the young kids the Times has hired the last couple of years.

    Plus, from what I understand, one of the main things they were looking for with this beat was someone who could fuel the UCLA blog, which Dohn had built into one of the more successful newspaper blogs around. In some ways, that fits better with a young, enthusiastic 20-something than a hardened vet.

    And no, before someone posts the obligatory -- ``thanks Jon'' reply -- this is not Jon.

    Carry on...
     
  4. rpmmutant

    rpmmutant Member

    Jon is a fine reporter and an even better writer. He'll do fine. Good luck to him if he does in fact get the job.
     
  5. JJHHI

    JJHHI Member

    So did he get the job, or what?

    Seriously, though, Jon is a hell of a writer. Like any young reporter covering a major beat for the first time, he'll probably take his lumps early on, but from what I know of him, he's a hard-headed, determined sort who will learn the right lessons from that adversity and get better.

    Best of luck to a guy who just keeps movin' on up -- it seems like the dude has had about 10 jobs in a couple of years. ;D
     
  6. Tucsondriver

    Tucsondriver Member

    Don't have any inside info on this, but reading between the lines, it sounds like Gold is a done deal.
     
  7. Fran Curci

    Fran Curci Well-Known Member

    I'm guessing that LANG is paying about $35,000 for this job. Does that sound right?
     
  8. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    So this major beat job everyone's been drooling over is going to pay less than $40,000? In LA?

    I'm going to be ill.
     
  9. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    If that's what it ends up paying, it will be a better rate than just about every other job currently listed on this site's job board, and it will be more than I've had suggested to me in all the interviews I've been through in the past couple of years. And I've been through quite a few.

    So, just remember, the drooling is all relative.
     
  10. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    True, but few -- if any -- of the other listings require living and working in Los Angeles, a fairly expensive area (let alone state) in which to live.
     
  11. WriteThinking

    WriteThinking Well-Known Member

    It really is the state of this business. Unfortunately, I know of which I speak.

    That said, my educated guess is that people are underestimating just a bit, and that the salary will actually be right around $40,000 -- maybe a bit more if they hire a veteran who already has been established and has been responsible for an intensive, high-profile major beat previously.
     
  12. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Here's hoping, WT.
     
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