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What do you think about a beat writer who openly applies for the SID job at the school he's covering? Should be stay on that beat? This is the same beat writer who on his off days dresses in school gear, refers to the head coach by his first name, sends his kid to the coach's camp, constantly...

Oh no, designers build pages. The readers read. It's great fun on draft day.

Maybe there is some reason why she needed to get a head start ... I remember once I had to cover an execution and I had about half the story written ahead of time, but the key difference is that it was the half of the story detailing why the guy got a needle in his arm, not the lead and the...

So what do you all think about trying to do this with eight designers, two readers and one guy whose job is to pull wire copy?

While we're hypothesizing, let's also assume there are three editions with quite a few changes in each. Say, for instance, the first edition is due around 9:30, the second at 11:30 and the last at 12:15.

I'd like to describe a situation to you all and get your opinions on what kind of staffing, in terms of paginators and copy editors, you'd expect. Let's imagine a 16-page Sunday section for a paper with a Sunday circulation of 275,000. How many people would you expect to be in the office, and...

Any news on this one?

Nope. He is the contact person for the open spot.

Krup is absolutely the smartest journalist I've ever known. And what has already been said here about his character is absolutely correct. If you work under him, he's in your corner and I think that's worth an awful lot.

there is still an opening. I would dare say the sports section looks quite a bit more modern than some other parts of the paper.

A designer transferred to another department

Hey okrider, I started my career as sports editor in Mountain Home. I'd be glad to come back and we'd have the best sports section in the state for a paper of our size and one of the best overall. All I need is $50,000 a year. I suspect that the reason you're having difficulty hiring someone is...

You're right googly. Harrison is a wonderfully progressive place. Anyway, do you have any idea where Bob Qualls is now?

The SE's job in Mountain Home was my first job out of college. It paid $5 an hour (thank God it was a six-day a week gig with 5 hours of OT a week guaranteed). Of course, that was nearly 20 years ago, so I know next-to-nothing about the paper now. For a long time, though, it was considered a...

Good point, and telecommuting could have its advantages