Daily Progress sports specialist -- Charlottesville, Va.

[Rhouston]

The sports editor told me he has received more than a dozen resumes in the two hours since posting time, and last time he had a sports writing position open, he receive 367 resumes and hired a guy from San Diego Union Tribune who took a cut in pay. Seeing as how I'm a recent grad, I don't imagine I have much of a shot. But hey, it doesn't hurt to apply.

Good luck to everyone applying for this.


From JournalismJobs.com

Company: The Daily Progress
Position:
Sports specialist
Location:
Charlottesville, Virginia
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires:
October 15, 2007
Job ID: 826194

Description:

Sports specialist

The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Va., is looking for the newspaper equivalent of a great utility player. We need a hustling reporter and writer to cover the area’s active and growing rec sports scene. We want a journalist who can help handle prep games and college sports. We need a utility person who can lay out pages, handle agate and edit copy. Not enough of a challenge? Our utility player also needs to be excited about multimedia and the industry’s digital transition. We’ll train the right person on some key duties. But we can’t train enthusiasm, energy and a willingness to handle a variety of responsibilities. Send resume, writing samples and a cover letter to Jerry Ratcliffe, Sports Editor, The Daily Progress, 685 Rio Road West, Charlottesville, VA 22901, or e-mail [email protected]

 

[Moderator1]

Very strong Moddy seal.
VERY strong.

 

[In Cold Blood]

great paper, great town.

 

[Herky_Jerky]

Real solid staff, from what I hear.

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Decent paper, good SE, awesome awesome town. But ****ty pay. Be warned, because C'Ville is kind of pricey to live in. My favorite Virginia locale.

 

[In Cold Blood]

Did someone leave?

 

[Hustle]

I was wondering that myself, ICB.

 

[McLovin]

Prep Sports Editor Jerry Miller is leaving. I was moved over to fill his role. This is essentially my old position at the paper.

As has been said, this is a great opportunity. Jerry Ratcliffe is a fantastic boss. Charlottesville is an awesome town. The staff is talented. It's been a great place for me to work.

The ad does a good job describing the job. It really is a little bit of everything. In addition to doing some design and a weekly community sports feature, I was able to help out on some UVa football game coverage and played a big role in our coverage of the Louisa County High School football team's run to the state title game. You can get some great clips and work with quality people in this position.

And all those recent grads shouldn't hesitate to apply. This was my first job out of school.

 

[Go State]

What's the pay and how does it relate to cost of living, McLovin?

 

[McLovin]

Like most places, you're not going to become a rich man working here, but I haven't had any problems meeting cost of living and even having a little bit left over. Having UVa in town helps in terms of finding a cheap place to stay.

 

[Lollygaggers]

For someone who has more of a desk background is this still worth going after?

 

[Editude]

Charlottesville is a cool town, but a writer left the U-T to go there? Was this writer full time in San Diego? If so, wow.

 

[McLovin]

Even with more of a desk background, it never hurts to apply.

The writer that left the U-T came to Charlottesville to fill our UVa men's basketball beat. He was full-time in San Diego, but covering the ACC was a big draw for him.

 

[Cristiano_Ronaldo]

Jerry Miller is good people. We've ran into each other a few times when I had been dispatched to cover preps. Any clue as to where his next stop is?

 

[Cosmo]

ACC basketball was a draw for that writer, and the fact that Charlottesville goes everywhere with the Cavs was another. They really hammer UVa coverage, as you'd expect for the hometown paper. They were the only ones to go to Puerto Rico for the San Juan Shootout last year.

Good people at this paper. Great town, which has a Chipotle, which is enough of a selling point for me. [/bitter_that_my_town_has_no_good_burrito_place]

 

[McLovin]

Miller is leaving the newspaper business to focus on his daily local radio show and launch his own web site covering Central Virginia sports.

We do follow Virginia basketball and football everywhere and take our UVa coverage seriously. We send four staffers to home football games, which is how I got a chance to chip in while I had this position last season.

And the Chipotle in town is solid. It's a recent addition and they gave away free burritos when the story opened last September. But what was even better was when they let you score a free burrito last Halloween if you dressed up as a burrito. After covering myself in a few feet of aluminum foil, I was enjoying a delicious lunch.

 

[Jay August]

McLovin,

How many people on the sports staff?

 

[Cosmo]

And the Chipotle in town is solid. It's a recent addition and they gave away free burritos when the story opened last September. But what was even better was when they let you score a free burrito last Halloween if you dressed up as a burrito. After covering myself in a few feet of aluminum foil, I was enjoying a delicious lunch.

That's it. I'm making the hour commute if this promotion is going again. Though the drive up 29 might be tough unless I cut eyeholes in the foil.

 

[imjustagirl2]

Maybe if you wrap your car in tinfoil, they'll give you some to go!

 

[Cosmo]

Burritos for all my people!!!