Sports Designer/Copy Editor at the Orlando Sentinel

[Matt Humphrey]

The Orlando Sentinel has an immediate opening for a designer/copy editor on its award-winning sports desk. We seek a motivated, multi-tasking self-starter who is proficient at editing copy AND capable of producing eye-catching pages in an intense, deadline environment.

Internet experience is a plus. Nights and weekends are a given.

The successful candidate will have at least five years experience on a sports copy desk, show strong organizational skills and work well with a team of like-minded professionals.

You will edit copy, design pages and contribute to the Web site as we blaze a trail to the new frontier of newspapers and sports journalism.

Please send your resume and clips to:

Matt Humphrey
Assistant Sports Editor
Orlando Sentinel
633 North Orange Ave.
P.O. Box 2833
Orlando, FL 32802

[email protected]

 

[BTExpress]

I guess it's good news when anyone is hiring, but how can this be possible?

20% of the newsroom gets gutted . . . and now an opening needs to be filled?

If I'm one of those 20 percent, I'm feeling even more bitter.

 

[Riddick]

Several friends have mentioned internal hiring memos for positions needed to be filled. I think it's typical considering all the larger salaries dumped that can be replaced with cheaper/less-experienced labor.
Unfortunately, it's just the nature of things.

 

[WoodyWommack]

Matt Humphrey is awesome.

 

[mustangj17]

Yeah I must say, I would be very bitter if I had just lost my job there.

Sadly, this is where the trend is going- hire someone in for less- even though journalists make crap to begin with.

 

[Editude]

Each succeeding newspaper generation, and in this environment that could mean each 18 months, will pay its workers comparatively less. It's only a matter of relatively few years that this will not be seen as even a potential middle-class career arc.

 

[Donegan17]

I guess it's good news when anyone is hiring, but how can this be possible?

20% of the newsroom gets gutted . . . and now an opening needs to be filled?

If I'm one of those 20 percent, I'm feeling even more bitter.

Why keep someone in a job when you can lay them off and hire someone new for out of school for half the price? Got to keep that 15 percent profit margin somehow.

 

[SCEditor]

I guess it's good news when anyone is hiring, but how can this be possible?

20% of the newsroom gets gutted . . . and now an opening needs to be filled?

If I'm one of those 20 percent, I'm feeling even more bitter.

Why keep someone in a job when you can lay them off and hire someone new for out of school for half the price? Got to keep that 25-30 percent profit margin somehow.

Fixed.

 

[deskslave]

Once upon a time, papers this size didn't have positions that did editing and design.

 

[Y-town Pride]

Unfortunately, that time is long gone. Say hello to the new title of reporter/copy editor/designer/desk clerk/photographer. The bright spot is you're paid less.

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

Nothing like getting paid a ****ty salary for doing 6 jobs. Exactly why the hell I got outta dodge with this business.

 

[airbag2929]

I have sent off resume and clips for this job a and am waiting for a call back. To tell you the truth, the salary I was quoted when I inquired about the job through email was about 15k more than I make now at a 80k-100k circulation paper. I know that may not seem like much, but for me, it is. I guess if I get an interview, I check it out and see if it is worth it to move.