Recent content by Mike_Persinger

Sad to report that long-time Charlotte Observer motorsports and outdoors reporter Tom Higgins has died at age 80 from complications of a stroke. Great storyteller, better man. Proud to have called him a friend for the past 30 years. RIP. Tom Higgins, legendary NASCAR writer for Charlotte...

If you find an AP story high in our main sports feed it's because it's a big deal and we put it there. Sometimes they get into the bottom of the feed, but that's more about a slow time of the year. There's a method to the madness in McClatchy, but if you're wedded to print you won't want to...

Hey folks, I'm not the hiring manager on this, but the person who gets this job in our pub center will work closely with me and the other sports editors in Charlotte. If you have questions, post them here or send them to me at [email protected]. If you want to apply, that...

No supervisory duties involved in this job.

Sports is going first so we can be as ready as possible for football. The people putting the desk together recognize the need for sports specialists and all the folks I have talked to so far except one would be sports specialists. Not to say they would never help out on news in a pinch, but we...

Fran, I can't tell you what will happen in the future. I just know what the situation is now, that we're working quickly to hire people for these jobs. I wish more of the Raleigh people had been in the position to make the move, but each situation is different, and I respect their...

I don't intend with this post to minimize the challenges (and we could all recite them, so I won't), but there are a couple of things to note here: -- Because we've been working with the sports editors in Raleigh for going on five years now, and because senior sports editor Gary Schwab has...

Now that we have a clear picture of who will join the unified Charlotte/Raleigh/Rock Hill design and copy editing center in Charlotte and are starting to fill open positions, we see some specific needs, including a need for a lead sports designer and planner. Here's the job posting for that...

Bump.

Here's the ad for Charlotte/Raleigh consolidated desk jobs, for anyone interested: We’re looking for page designers/copy editors to work on a consolidated desk in Charlotte that serves the Charlotte Observer, Raleigh News & Observer and Rock Hill Herald. The positions will be responsible for...

Loved my time in Palm Beach, just when the Post was becoming a big-time player. Still miss those days when I'd have the Post, the Herald and the Sun-Sentinel on the porch every morning. But I'm still sports editor in Charlotte, so I'm set. It's an honor to have my name brought up, though, in the...

Actually, one of his stories was entered in the wrong category in the estimation of the judges (was sent in news, should have been in features), and the judges moved it to the features category, thinking that would be the end of it. Problem was, that story joined his first-place entry in the top...

How many papers out there have run our stories about steroid involvement by the Carolina Panthers, including three of the starting offensive linemen in the 2004 Super Bowl? Names are attached, along with all the specifics you could possibly want. There's a smoking gun, but the NFL's getting a...

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/15466733.htm From today's Charlotte Observer ...

Just an update: As some of you have discovered, we hired Doug Harris of the Greensboro News and Record as a sports designer. He started this week. We've also hired a night sports editor, Steve Salazar of the Dallas Morning News. He'll start Oct. 1. One copy editing and design...