SE at Cherry Hill, NJ

[FreddiePatek]

From the folks at jjobs:

Company: Courier-Post
Position: Sports Editor
Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires: June 24, 2008
Job ID: 927025
Website: http://www.courierpostonline.com


Description:
The Courier-Post, South Jersey’s largest newspaper and information center, is seeking and experienced editor for our sports section. The sports editor is responsible for managing the Courier-Post Sports Department, which produces a daily sports section, Varsity scholastic sports section and a Sunday sports section, in addition to special sections throughout the year. This editor also creates and manages content for the sports sections on courierpostonline.com. Candidates will have a college degree with a background in journalism. Minimum 5 years previous experience as an editor required.

When you join the Courier-Post, you will be part of Gannett Co., Inc. - one of the largest media organizations in the world. We offer an excellent benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and 401(k) upon completion of a 90-day introductory period. EOE, Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Please submit resume and salary requirement to: Courier-Post, Human Resources, P.O. Box 5300, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 or email to [email protected].


Anyone?

 

[Barsuk]

From the folks at jjobs:

Company: Courier-Post
Position: Sports Editor
Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires: June 24, 2008
Job ID: 927025
Website: http://www.courierpostonline.com


Description:
The Courier-Post, South Jersey’s largest newspaper and information center, <b>is seeking and experienced editor</b> for our sports section. The sports editor is responsible for managing the Courier-Post Sports Department, which produces a daily sports section, Varsity scholastic sports section and a Sunday sports section, in addition to special sections throughout the year. This editor also creates and manages content for the sports sections on courierpostonline.com. Candidates will have a college degree with a background in journalism. Minimum 5 years previous experience as an editor required.

When you join the Courier-Post, you will be part of Gannett Co., Inc. - one of the largest media organizations in the world. We offer an excellent benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance and 401(k) upon completion of a 90-day introductory period. EOE, Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Please submit resume and salary requirement to: Courier-Post, Human Resources, P.O. Box 5300, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 or email to [email protected].


Anyone?

Looks like they need one.

 

[FreddiePatek]

Aha! I thought that was the case. Reading between the lines and all. :

 

[EStreetJoe]

It's a decent paper, just across the river from Philadelphia. I'm pretty sure they cover the Philly pro teams.
Their coverage of South Jersey high school sports is solid.
In terms of colleges, there's no major colleges in NJ near it, just a JUCO and a D-3.
There's an independent league team in Camden.
Parts of Cherry Hill are nice, others not so nice. Can't comment on the county as a whole though. You're about an hour from Atlantic City, 2+ hour drive from NYC, 30-40 minutes from Mercer County (Trenton) where you can catch a 70-80 minute train ride into the city.

 

[wickedwritah]

Er ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/56223/

 

[FreddiePatek]

Er ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/56223/

Not much of a D_B here since there's nothing on that post and it fell of the page in a hurry. I think we can continue on here.

I would be curious just how much they do across the river. Not knowing the lay of the land all that well, what would this place do with Rutgers if it became a perennial FB power?

 

[EStreetJoe]

Er ...

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/56223/

Not much of a D_B here since there's nothing on that post and it fell of the page in a hurry. I think we can continue on here.

I would be curious just how much they do across the river. Not knowing the lay of the land all that well, what would this place do with Rutgers if it became a perennial FB power?

They staff the Philly pro teams in the four majors, but don't staff the Philly college teams (as far as I know, but I could be wrong).

With Rutgers -- can't say for certain, but I'm guessing they'd consider themselves too far south to staff and would use copy from another Gannett paper that staff Rutgers or just use wire copy.

 

[floridasun]

Gannett + New Jersey = (your answer here)

 

[Jersey_Guy]

You might want to stay out of the bathroom:

http://willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/2008/02/courierpost_emp.html

Dear Mr. Lafferty:

The Courier-Post newsroom is in crisis.

Employees are overworked with no relief in sight, and not being paid for working overtime. Reporters often lack necessities to do their job, like having new notebooks; the photo department sometimes cannot handle assignments because of a lack of equipment. Upper management has taken an increasingly critical tone, often demeaning employees in public. The tension has increased to the point that the men’s and women’s bathrooms in the newsroom have been deliberately soiled by feces in separate incidents. This appears to be a result of demoralized employees seeking an outlet to vent ever-mounting frustration.

The staff has shrunk significantly since November – at least eight newsroom employees have left – leaving fewer people to handle a workload that continues to increase with the addition of new publications. This comes on top of dealing with the daily newspaper, zoned Communities pages, special sections and online coverage beyond what goes in the newspaper. The executive editor and the managing editor seem oblivious to the impact of this workload on the remaining employees.

The result is a staff that is overworked to the point where it often is physically impossible to complete the required work within the scheduled work week. As a consequence, many non-exempt employees work beyond their allotted hours without being paid overtime. The issue often is addressed by telling the employee to take time off as compensation, but that seldom occurs because the workload does not make it practical.

Employees who have worked overtime in the past must be compensated for their time and they must be advised of the newspaper’s overtime policy and assured it will be enforced. If these steps are not taken by Feb. 22, we see no recourse other than to file a complaint with the hour and wage division of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The lack of equipment has made it difficult for people throughout the newsroom to do their job. Beyond notebooks and photo equipment, layout editors frequently have to wait their turn to use the inadequate number of pagination stations. This results in a loss of production time for the newspaper. The two newsroom copy machines are frequently broken, forcing employees to use the copy machine in advertising and often having to wait in line. There have been occasions when the newsroom has run out of copier paper.

Dealing with these challenges has been exacerbated by the increasingly critical tone taken by the executive editor and managing editor toward the staff. The result is a chaotic, mismanaged workplace in which the executive editor and managing editor are inconsistent in their direction to employees. Such an environment stifles initiative, creativity and productivity. Employees often are left frustrated by the lack of a clear, defined approach.

This climate of crisis is embodied by the soiling of the bathrooms. In the first incident, in the men’s bathroom, it took 24 hours for the feces to be removed from the floor. A reporter had to send out an electronic message warning employees about the situation. In the second incident, in the women’s bathroom, management quickly responded to have the feces removed and the area sanitized. Still, some employees believe the incidents were meant as a symbol of the mounting frustration they face on a daily basis.

We hope this letter brings to your attention this serious situation, and leads to action that will prevent it from escalating.

Sincerely,
Crying out for the Courier

 

[PHINJ]

When being a short drive from Trenton is a major selling point, you know to stay away.

 

[EStreetJoe]

When being a short drive from Trenton is a major selling point, you know to stay away.

It's a lot closer to Murder City, USA - Camden - than it is Trenton.
Plus, for the train station I should have used Hamilton instead of Trenton.

Why the knock on Trenton?
It's Chambersburg section is widely known for good Italian food.
DeLorenzo's Tomato Pies are the best around
It's home of the Yankees AA farm team - get to see great talent on the way up and you never know when you'll catch a Yankee on a rehab assignment.

 

[PHINJ]

I lived in Mercer County for 26 years. I'll be quite content if I never even pass through again.

 

[thegrifter]

is it me, or is there a lot of hiring going on over at Gannett? Seems somewhat out of character

 

[BrianGriffin]

is it me, or is there a lot of hiring going on over at Gannett? Seems somewhat out of character

I've known a few people to get out of the business rather than stay with Gannett and I've known a few to stay at smaller family-owned papers, rather than apply at Gannett.

I wonder if, as a chain, they are experiencing the intersection of high turnover and limited interest.

 

[Keystone]

I hear through the grapevine that Gary Silvers from the Bucks County Courier Times is interested in this job. He was recently demoted to ASE when Caulkins merged personnel with Doylestown.

 

[formulacola]

Anyone know what happened to Phil Anastasia?

 

[jaker23]

Phil covers South Jersey high school sports for the Inky now. Only been about a month or so.

 

[formulacola]

Phil covers South Jersey high school sports for the Inky now. Only been about a month or so.

Thanks for the update. I also feel like an idiot for not Googling him and finding it on the first page.

 

[Hoop Time]

Dear Mr. Lafferty:

The Courier-Post newsroom is in crisis.

Employees are overworked with no relief in sight, and not being paid for working overtime. Reporters often lack necessities to do their job, like having new notebooks; the photo department sometimes cannot handle assignments because of a lack of equipment. Upper management has taken an increasingly critical tone, often demeaning employees in public. The tension has increased to the point that the men’s and women’s bathrooms in the newsroom have been deliberately soiled by feces in separate incidents. This appears to be a result of demoralized employees seeking an outlet to vent ever-mounting frustration.

The staff has shrunk significantly since November – at least eight newsroom employees have left – leaving fewer people to handle a workload that continues to increase with the addition of new publications. This comes on top of dealing with the daily newspaper, zoned Communities pages, special sections and online coverage beyond what goes in the newspaper. The executive editor and the managing editor seem oblivious to the impact of this workload on the remaining employees.

The result is a staff that is overworked to the point where it often is physically impossible to complete the required work within the scheduled work week. As a consequence, many non-exempt employees work beyond their allotted hours without being paid overtime. The issue often is addressed by telling the employee to take time off as compensation, but that seldom occurs because the workload does not make it practical.

Employees who have worked overtime in the past must be compensated for their time and they must be advised of the newspaper’s overtime policy and assured it will be enforced. If these steps are not taken by Feb. 22, we see no recourse other than to file a complaint with the hour and wage division of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The lack of equipment has made it difficult for people throughout the newsroom to do their job. Beyond notebooks and photo equipment, layout editors frequently have to wait their turn to use the inadequate number of pagination stations. This results in a loss of production time for the newspaper. The two newsroom copy machines are frequently broken, forcing employees to use the copy machine in advertising and often having to wait in line. There have been occasions when the newsroom has run out of copier paper.

Dealing with these challenges has been exacerbated by the increasingly critical tone taken by the executive editor and managing editor toward the staff. The result is a chaotic, mismanaged workplace in which the executive editor and managing editor are inconsistent in their direction to employees. Such an environment stifles initiative, creativity and productivity. Employees often are left frustrated by the lack of a clear, defined approach.

This climate of crisis is embodied by the soiling of the bathrooms. In the first incident, in the men’s bathroom, it took 24 hours for the feces to be removed from the floor. A reporter had to send out an electronic message warning employees about the situation. In the second incident, in the women’s bathroom, management quickly responded to have the feces removed and the area sanitized. Still, some employees believe the incidents were meant as a symbol of the mounting frustration they face on a daily basis.

We hope this letter brings to your attention this serious situation, and leads to action that will prevent it from escalating.

Sincerely,
Crying out for the Courier

And you are saying that is different from where you work?

Aside from the editors, that sounds pretty much like the story being told by everybody I talk to in the industry.

Not saying it is a good job, or bad. I don't know the place aside from having read the paper a few times (always seemed to have good Philly pro coverage, as others have mentioned). But most of that was just a state of the industry address. Fewer papers sold mean fewer ads mean fewer people meand find new sources of income means more work for those fortunate enough to at least draw a paycheck that doen't bounce.

Yes, it sucks, but we're not the first industry to take the more with less approach. Welcome to America!

Anyhow, it's worth noting that a gig as an SE at a place that covers major league beats is nothing to sneeze at. That makes up for a some of those negatives.

 

[sports scrub]

Dear Mr. Lafferty:

The Courier-Post newsroom is in crisis.

Employees are overworked with no relief in sight, and not being paid for working overtime. Reporters often lack necessities to do their job, like having new notebooks; the photo department sometimes cannot handle assignments because of a lack of equipment. Upper management has taken an increasingly critical tone, often demeaning employees in public. The tension has increased to the point that the men’s and women’s bathrooms in the newsroom have been deliberately soiled by feces in separate incidents. This appears to be a result of demoralized employees seeking an outlet to vent ever-mounting frustration.

The staff has shrunk significantly since November – at least eight newsroom employees have left – leaving fewer people to handle a workload that continues to increase with the addition of new publications. This comes on top of dealing with the daily newspaper, zoned Communities pages, special sections and online coverage beyond what goes in the newspaper. The executive editor and the managing editor seem oblivious to the impact of this workload on the remaining employees.

The result is a staff that is overworked to the point where it often is physically impossible to complete the required work within the scheduled work week. As a consequence, many non-exempt employees work beyond their allotted hours without being paid overtime. The issue often is addressed by telling the employee to take time off as compensation, but that seldom occurs because the workload does not make it practical.

Employees who have worked overtime in the past must be compensated for their time and they must be advised of the newspaper’s overtime policy and assured it will be enforced. If these steps are not taken by Feb. 22, we see no recourse other than to file a complaint with the hour and wage division of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The lack of equipment has made it difficult for people throughout the newsroom to do their job. Beyond notebooks and photo equipment, layout editors frequently have to wait their turn to use the inadequate number of pagination stations. This results in a loss of production time for the newspaper. The two newsroom copy machines are frequently broken, forcing employees to use the copy machine in advertising and often having to wait in line. There have been occasions when the newsroom has run out of copier paper.

Dealing with these challenges has been exacerbated by the increasingly critical tone taken by the executive editor and managing editor toward the staff. The result is a chaotic, mismanaged workplace in which the executive editor and managing editor are inconsistent in their direction to employees. Such an environment stifles initiative, creativity and productivity. Employees often are left frustrated by the lack of a clear, defined approach.

This climate of crisis is embodied by the soiling of the bathrooms. In the first incident, in the men’s bathroom, it took 24 hours for the feces to be removed from the floor. A reporter had to send out an electronic message warning employees about the situation. In the second incident, in the women’s bathroom, management quickly responded to have the feces removed and the area sanitized. Still, some employees believe the incidents were meant as a symbol of the mounting frustration they face on a daily basis.

We hope this letter brings to your attention this serious situation, and leads to action that will prevent it from escalating.

Sincerely,
Crying out for the Courier

maybe do this instead of crapping on the bathroom floor: