Writer to cover Notre Dame sports

Excuse my ignorance, but how far does $30K go in South Bend?

This seems like it could be a damn good job.

 

Like any big college town in the Midwest, cost of living is driven up by the students and the football weekend warriors.

I'd say that $30,000 in South Bend -- presuming you hit the top end of their scale -- would be OK, though.

 

If you've already got some experience, I think 30K is easily attainable. I think you should be fine in South Bend with that much.

 

The amount of financial settling that goes into the vast majority of newspaper gigs makes me quite pleased when the youngest Editude laughs when a journalism career is brought up (and quickly dismissed). Marginal sites like Irish eyes, with their one-way calls for loyalty at a salary far lower than almost all professional-track professions, only add to the flattening of the field's relevance.

 

I know someone who runs one of the Scout.com sites, and he's not making very much money off of it so the Notre Dame site must do very well with on-line and magazine prescriptions. He works a second job to get by.

Either way, I'd be a bit skeptical -- I know he just hires interns out of college to help with his work so it's not like he hires anyone. And if he did, it wouldn't be like they'd be "employees" -- he'd pay them out of his pocket so I'm shocked at the price this site is claiming to be offering. I can't imagine having any sort of benefits out of this gig.

 

Once held a job like this. Anyone who takes it will have to deal with season upon season of "Don't worry, he's not a real journalist. He writes for the Internet."

If you can deal with that, fine. I preferred not to have my manhood stuck in a vice every time I went to a game.

 

Understandable, zebracoy ... but what if this person works his/her tail off and breaks some big news? Notre Dame is still Notre Dame, and breaking something even semi-big might rid this person of that stereotype and lead to some bigger things.

 

Can't speak for the Web Site, but I know the Irish Eyes Magazine is very solid, and the contributors are all experienced journalists. It looks good, reads well, and is well thought of at Notre Dame. College Web Sites, for the most part, focus on recruiting, and I would imagine the Irish Eyes web site is like that.

 

Never seen it, huh? Is that why this just so happens to be your first post? Is it also why you're doing podcasts for the site on something called the "Irish Eyes Power Hour":

Friday, October 07, 2005
Another Great Show on Thursday
Offensive lineman Eric Olsen talks about his Irish commitment, and Irish Eyes recruiting expert Brian Smith talks about the critical recruiting weekend next weekened when a number of Notre Dame's top targets will watch the Irish take on USC.

Smith also takes a look at some top junior prospects for next year, and Frank and Kayo talk about USC.

Irish Eyes Power Hour No. 11

For more information on the Irish check out Irish Eyes
posted by Mike Frank at 7:38 AM 0 comments

http://irisheyespowerhour.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html

 

Oops.

 

Seconded.

 

I am a regular contributor to IrishEyes magazine and the site is well respected. Mike Frank is highy thought of. If I were still in Indiana I would apply for this.