Assistant Managing Editor, CBSSports.com

[Editude]

This listing from CBSSports.com sounds interesting. I imagaine a few folks on the board have inside information -- and that others will apply:

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1163992

 

[Moderator1]

Primo Job - The Moddiest of Moddy Seals. Great people at CBS, I have worked with them. They recently moved into an excellent new office. The ME (Mark Swanson) and DME (Craig Stanke) are as top notch as any I've met. Be all over this one if it is in your weight class.

 

[imjustagirl]

I've spoken with Swanson, and know Stanke a little bit through mutual friends. Both get a hearty thumbs-up from me.

 

[MileHigh]

Two more thumbs up here. Good folks there. And, yes, be sure you know your weight class. Primo job to say the least.

 

[1HPGrad]

Could be an extremely interesting race between major metro SEs, recently laid off major metro SEs and former major metro SEs who recently took other jobs.
Early favorites? No idea who is interested, but there are a couple in each category who wouldn't have to move too far.

 

[Shifty Squid]

BIG-boy (or girl) job, this one. Good luck to all who apply. I, like the vast majority of us, can't punch at this level quite yet.

 

[Moderator1]

BIG-boy (or girl) job, this one. Good luck to all who apply. I, like the vast majority of us, can't punch at this level quite yet.

Work toward it and be encouraged that there are jobs like this out there for when you do get there. As many as before? No - but they're not totally gone.

 

[SF_Express]

Just bumping this up, because it IS a good job, and don't want it to sink out of sight here. Carry on.

 

[1HPGrad]

Good thought SF_E, but I doubt it will attract much back and forth because it's above 99.99 percent of the SportsJournalists.com community. For those in the hunt, could be the job opening of the year. I'm certainly interested in the outcome.

 

[Fran Curci]

Are there any South Florida -- or even Florida --- sports editors who were laid off recently?

( Could be an extremely interesting race between major metro SEs, recently laid off major metro SEs and former major metro SEs who recently took other jobs. Early favorites? No idea who is interested, but there are a couple in each category who wouldn't have to move too far.)

 

[1HPGrad]

Yes in Florida, and two SoFla papers shuffled the deck. All within the past year.

 

[1HPGrad]

After consulting with a few others, AME is a bit of title inflation, so no metro SEs likely in mix. They're already above this level. If you're a copy desk chief at a metro, good opportunity. That should bring more people into play.

 

[SF_Express]

Well, I'm not sure where it would fit on somebody's career path, and yes, I suppose it might be a lateral step for somebody who's currently running his/her own show, but there's really no "title inflation" here at all.

Oh, wait, I'm getting it; the "assistant managing editor" thing, as opposed to that title at a newspaper. Well, yeah, I suppose, but at a sports-only site, it's co-No. 3 in the editorial ranks for the whole place, behind the ME and the DME. So not really inflated in context ...

 

[Sir Sid]

I believe, if this is the NFL editor position, it was filled today.

 

[Editude]

My sources say this was not the NFL gig and has a couple of steps left before finalists are identified.

 

[Moderator1]

Not the NFL gig.
I know the guy who vacated that and this is not that.

 

[Fran Curci]

Just curious: What was the NFL gig? Interesting that there is some movement there.

 

[Moderator1]

NFL regional editor. It's a part-time gig (a very good one) - I know the guy who vacated that because it was me. Hated to give it up. Loved the people at CBS, loved the writers I had, loved working with my fellow editors. A terrific group on all three levels.

The current job is full-time and a position of authority. Like I said earlier, a great job. I would have jumped at it had I not secured my present position. I'd elevate this to a new level of Moddy Seal - the PLATINUM Seal.

 

[SF_Express]

Everything said above is right, but just to summarize:

A part-time NFL editor job remains open. One was filled, but they're adding another. This is a part-time, seasonal job.

AME job is co-No. 3 in the department (with one other editor) and is in charge of the desk operation. That process is moving along.

 

[Drip]

Everything said above is right, but just to summarize:

A part-time NFL editor job remains open. One was filled, but they're adding another. This is a part-time, seasonal job.

AME job is co-No. 3 in the department (with one other editor) and is in charge of the desk operation. That process is moving along.

They aren't close to filling it but they have reduced the number of candidates for the gig.