Auburn football beat and other sports openings with Alabama Media Group

[boundforboston]

SEC sports reporter (Birmingham): http://al.jobinfo.com/public/print_description.php?jid=9905956
Auburn football reporter: http://al.jobinfo.com/public/print_description.php?jid=9905779
GA college sports reporter (Mobile): http://al.jobinfo.com/public/print_description.php?jid=9905785
Managing producer, college sports (Birmingham): http://al.jobinfo.com/public/print_description.php?jid=9905818

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Were Goldberg and Scarbinsky both let go/bought out? I know that was supposed to go down this week.

 

[boundforboston]

If so, are you going to make the prediction of Scarbinsky to Louisville?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Scarbinsky to Louisville?

That would be a great add.

 

[dixiehack]

Does he remember how to write a column on something besides college football or basketball?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Does he remember how to write a column on something besides college football or basketball?

I'm guessing that would cover him for 90 percent of his job in Louisville.

 

[SixToe]

When you're told not to write about anything but football or basketball ...

 

[Rockbottom]

How about that ...

rb

 

[dixiehack]

Oh I know the pressure comes from above on topic choice, but it has gotten damn ridiculous. Talladega races twice a year, and he writes football. Indy race at Barber, and he writes football. Senior PGA has a major here, and he only shows for the pro-am to write about the football coaches playing. SECOND baseball tournament comes in every year, he writes about it by tying it in to Saban and football. And it's not like he's breaking that formula on his new radio show, or weekly TV yakfest.

 

[CarlSpackler]

Seriously, if anyone wants a good chuckle (or LULZ for the internet-savvy hipsters out there) check out the picture of the guy drinking coffee next to the "Keys to Success" header in the Managing Producer ad.

 

[Matt Stephens]

Bama and Auburn beats sure getting a lot of new faces this season.

 

[boundforboston]

For these newspapers (including Press-Register, Times, and NOLA), candidates apply through some hiring agency. How much oversight does the sports editor at each place have? I would imagine a bit, but how does the hiring agency know what candidates to present to sports editor? There is no spot for clips on the resume packages, so the agency never really sees how good a writer each applicant is.

 

[mrudi19]

I interviewed with the recruiter for one of these positions. Basically what they do is they look at your resume and if it meets their qualifications, the recruiter will interview you and then you'll send he or she your clips. That person will forward your clips and answers in the interview to the hiring manager making the hire. If the hiring manager wants to go any further, they'll call for an interview. NOLA Media Group and MLive do the same and I would imagine that Pennsylvania and Syracuse Media Groups will be doing the same thing soon since they're in the same company.

 

[CarlSpackler]

In an era where newspapers are losing money hand over fist, clearly the most effective cost-saving measure is to pay some outside agency to hire people.

 

[boundforboston]

In an era where newspapers are losing money hand over fist, clearly the most effective cost-saving measure is to pay some outside agency to hire people.

I'm also not sure how effective it is to have recruiters who don't know as much about your sports section or what kind of writers you want eliminating anybody or doing the initial interviews. Obviously these people are hired to find the best candidates, but they're not the sports editor at each newspaper.

 

[CarlSpackler]

Basically, the whole thing is a picture of all that ails us. The wrong people making even worse decisions.