Seattle Times seeking Kraken/NHL reporter

[paulbarrett]

The Seattle Times is seeking a sports reporter to cover the Seattle Kraken, NHL and other topics as needed. This person will work with The Seattle Times’ lead Kraken/NHL reporter in one of America’s most vibrant sports cities and regions. Successful applicants will be proven digital and print journalists who are equally adept at spot news, analysis, storytelling and enterprise. This role calls for self-starters who possess strong news judgment and excellent verbal, analytic and writing skills, along with the ability to work all stories under pressure within assigned deadlines.

Apply online at The Seattle Times | Careers

E-mail Sports Editor Paul Barrett at [email protected] with questions.

 

[MileHigh]

Mentioned many times before, working for Paul is a very good thing. You will grow and get better. Huge seal of approval.

 

[Woody Long]

Where's Marisa Ingemi? She hasn't tweeted in a while and now this job is posted...

 

[SoloFlyer]

Where's Marisa Ingemi? She hasn't tweeted in a while and now this job is posted...

 

[Woody Long]

And boom goes the dynamite.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Rest of us wondering why you fired Marisa, Paul.

 

[Sports Barf]

“Fired without warning.” LOL. I’m sure her daily Twitter arson did her no favors. Tends to wear out her welcome quick. Time bomb.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

I have zero belief that she has no idea at all why she was fired.

Also, Paul would be an absolute idiot - and probably be next in line to be fired - if he came on here, Twitter or anywhere else in public and talked about why she was fired

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

“Fired without warning.” LOL. I’m sure her daily Twitter arson did her no favors. Tends to wear out her welcome quick. Time bomb.

If someone hired her w/o knowing about her Twitter presence and then was taken aback by her Twitter presence--which is nowhere near as omnipresent nor as idiotic as the Twitter presences of some well-known hockey writers who discuss everything on Twitter except actual hockey--than that's incompetent and a fireable offense itself.

I have zero belief that she has no idea at all why she was fired.

Also, Paul would be an absolute idiot - and probably be next in line to be fired - if he came on here, Twitter or anywhere else in public and talked about why she was fired

And here we come back again to demanding accountability and transparency about everyone and everything except our own internal workings. I'm sure Paul's a big boy. If he's soliciting applications to replace the writer who moved across the country eight months ago for the gig, he can handle answering some questions from those who might want some assurances it's a good idea to consider uprooting for this position.

 

[BurnsWhenIPee]

And here we come back again to demanding accountability and transparency about everyone and everything except our own internal workings. I'm sure Paul's a big boy. If he's soliciting applications to replace the writer who moved across the country eight months ago for the gig, he can handle answering some questions from those who might want some assurances it's a good idea to consider uprooting for this position.

Legally? Not a ****ing chance.

 

[Sports Barf]

her Twitter presence--which is nowhere near as omnipresent nor as idiotic as the Twitter presences of some well-known hockey writers who discuss everything on Twitter except actual hockey

cough cough Wyshynski

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

cough cough Wyshynski

Not who I was thinking of!

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Legally? Not a ****ing chance.

OK then Paul, enjoy getting dragged like this and being made to look like the bad guy:

https://defector.com/seattle-times-marisa-ingemi-kraken-fired/

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

If someone hired her w/o knowing about her Twitter presence and then was taken aback by her Twitter presence--which is nowhere near as omnipresent nor as idiotic as the Twitter presences of some well-known hockey writers who discuss everything on Twitter except actual hockey--than that's incompetent and a fireable offense itself.



And here we come back again to demanding accountability and transparency about everyone and everything except our own internal workings. I'm sure Paul's a big boy. If he's soliciting applications to replace the writer who moved across the country eight months ago for the gig, he can handle answering some questions from those who might want some assurances it's a good idea to consider uprooting for this position.

Also wanting to know: literally everybody else at the Seattle Times.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Also wanting to know: literally everybody else at the Seattle Times.

Everyone except Geoff Baker, apparently, which is super interesting and might explain (not excuse, but explain) some of the silence from upper management.

 

[SoloFlyer]

 

[wicked]

The Defector story quotes Marisa as saying Times editors told her she was fired over concerns about her writing.

I’ll assume that’s work for them, not on Twitter.

Anyway, you can drive a truck through that hole. Was she not hitting deadline? Misspelling every other word? Not familiar with the inverted pyramid? Making up quotes?

She’s worked in the business for a while, so I’m guessing the answer to the above is no, no, no and no.

I’ve followed her career from a distance. She got tossed on the Bruins beat relatively early, and she managed to hang in there. She’s no Fluto or KPD, but that’s not an insult — few people are Fluto or KPD.

I’m interested to see how this plays out.

 

[wicked]

And Portnoy’s gonna Portnoy.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

Weird that this didn't blow up until the job opening was posted. And not when, you know, she was fired.

 

[HanSenSE]

Legally? Not a ****ing chance.

Everyone together, count of three: "It's a personel matter."

And I liked my title better, but will defer to Moddy.