Copy Editor - Omaha World-Herald

[CUinthenewsroom]

From jjobs.com: http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=792241

Company: The Omaha World-Herald
Position:
Talented sports copy editor
Location:
Omaha, Nebraska
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
July 25, 2007
Job ID: 792241


Description:
The Omaha World-Herald, a 235,000 Sunday circulation regional newspaper, is looking for a talented sports copy editor with design skills to join its award-winning staff. The successful candidate will have previous daily newspaper experience and a passion for high school, college and professional sports. A strong design and content background is preferred, but not necessarily required. Please email a resume, cover letter, and clips to: Jeff Carney, AME/Recruiting at [email protected].

 

[HejiraHenry]

My guy brought a few copies back from the CWS. Pretty nice coverage, but they've had a few years to get it down.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

My guy brought a few copies back from the CWS. Pretty nice coverage, but they've had a few years to get it down.

That's like me saying, "Man, I love Skittles, but they've been making them a long time, so whatever."
I still eat Skittles.

 

[cake in the rain]

I believe this is -- or was -- an employee-owned paper. Not sure exactly what that means, but I imagine that would be a good thing in today's climate.

 

[JayFarrar]

I thought Warren Buffett owned this paper, but I'm probably wrong.
Knew a guy who worked there back in the day. Always said it was a good shop with the Huskers dominating the coverage during football season.

 

[TrooperBari]

I believe this is -- or was -- an employee-owned paper. Not sure exactly what that means, but I imagine that would be a good thing in today's climate.

According to the Knight Report website (which lists the OWH's daily circ at around 192K), the Weird-Herald is still employee-owned.

It's a good shop with good people -- Rob White and Tom Shatel especially. It does have its quirks, but show me a shop that large that doesn't.

 

[cake in the rain]

http://www.owh.com/inside-page.php?id=whoweare

In 1963, Peter Kiewit purchased The World-Herald to ensure the paper would continue to be locally owned. In his will, Kiewit provided for the newspaper to be sold to its employees, and it has been employee-owned since 1979. The World-Herald is the largest employee-owned daily newspaper in the United States.

 

[Bubbler]

Damn good paper.

 

[Willie-Butch]

I'm always impressed with this paper. Too bad it's in Omaha. Who the eff wants to live there?

 

[Dan Rydell]

Sometimes its good to get outta the big city and go to the Midwest, eh?

Maybe not, but maybe so. Lotsa things wrong in the Big Cities.

 

[JayFarrar]

A reliable source tells me that Warren Buffett actually owns the Buffalo News and not the Omaha paper. It is, as noted repeatedly, employee-owned.
Still a good shop and from a friend who lives there but doesn't work at the paper, a damn fine place to be.

 

[IGotQuestions]

The publisher is a hell of a guy. Met him at CWS once. Super nice.

 

[TrooperBari]

I'm always impressed with this paper. Too bad it's in Omaha. Who the eff wants to live there?

No kidding. Affordable cost of living, sub-$3 gas, no blankets of smog, good steaks, casinos right next door in Counciltucky, quality education system (despite its administrators), abundant housing, Runza....

Can't imagine why anyone would want to live there.

 

[IGotQuestions]

It IS in the middle of nowhere. Nice town to visit - but it DID remind me of "About Schmidt."

 

[Chi City 81]

It IS in the middle of nowhere. Nice town to visit - but it DID remind me of "About Schmidt."

Hell, by that logic, St. Louis is in the middle of nowhere.

Nothing wrong with Omaha, and Lincoln's less than an hour away. Combined, it's a pretty nice area with plenty to do.

 

[IGotQuestions]

lmao. You can't even compare St. Louis to Omaha.

 

[Chi City 81]

lmao. You can't even compare St. Louis to Omaha.

No ****. But you saying Omaha is in the middle of nowhere is no different from me saying the same about St. Louis. There's some decent-sized 'burbs, and that's it.

 

[TrooperBari]

lmao. You can't even compare St. Louis to Omaha.

True enough. Unlike St. Louis, Omaha can gobble up (read: annex) the surrounding suburbs and continue to expand.

 

[jcrutchmer]

You're not going to mistake Omaha for NYC or Tokyo, true. But it's not Hooterville either:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top100/bigcities.html

There's a lot of money in the city and far more downtown development than comparable Midwest cities. I lived in a loft and walked everywhere for the first year I was here. I never tried to close my eyes and pretend it was Midtown Manhattan, but it certainly did feel urban. Metro area approaches 1 million, and 300,000 more people live in and around Lincoln, a 50-minute drive from Omaha on I-80.

I'm a little distanced from sports now, having moved -- along with ASE Dave Elsesser -- to oversee the presentation team. But I can certainly try to answer any questions.

I can tell you that there's no real limitations to this opening (as far as experience or skills), just an opportunity to bring good people on board on the sports desk. If that's someone young (or new) and ambitious or a veteran, all are welcome.

 

[SCEditor]

You're not going to mistake Omaha for NYC or Tokyo, true. But it's not Hooterville either:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top100/bigcities.html

There's a lot of money in the city and far more downtown development than comparable Midwest cities. I lived in a loft and walked everywhere for the first year I was here. I never tried to close my eyes and pretend it was Midtown Manhattan, but it certainly did feel urban. Metro area approaches 1 million, and 300,000 more people live in and around Lincoln, a 50-minute drive from Omaha on I-80.

I'm a little distanced from sports now, having moved -- along with ASE Dave Elsesser -- to oversee the presentation team. But I can certainly try to answer any questions.

I can tell you that there's no real limitations to this opening (as far as experience or skills), just an opportunity to bring good people on board on the sports desk. If that's someone young (or new) and ambitious or a veteran, all are welcome.

Will you be placing stick-ums on all new employees pencils? ;D I don't know Josh, but I do see the Omaho paper on his site, an excellent sports design site that I will now shamelessly plug -- Sportsdesigner.com. It seems like an outstanding paper that really gets the "big picture." It would be a great gig for anybody wanting to do good work.