Sports Editor, Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press

[Tim Ethridge]

Posted at scripps.com:

The Evansville Courier & Press, a 52,000-daily and 73,000-Sunday circulation newspaper, and courierpress.com, the leading news site in southwestern Indiana, is seeking a sports editor to lead a staff of four reporters and two part-time clerks with a separate but onsite universal desk. The E.W. Scripps daily covers two universities full-time (Division I Evansville and Division II Southern Indiana), eight local high schools plus another 30 in the area, a Central Hockey League team, a Frontier League baseball team, a Continental Indoor Football Team and a summer horse-racing meet as well as a variety of community and recreational sports. Our readers also are passionate about Indiana University athletics, the Indianapolis Colts, the Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400, the Kentucky Derby and the St. Louis Cardinals. The ideal candidate will plan, direct and write; help improve our online and social media presence; and work as part of a newsroom leadership team that is dedicated to community journalism. The Courier & Press is the most recent recipient of Hoosier State Press Association Blue Ribbon Award, signifying Indiana's best daily newspaper of any circulation size.

 

[doodah2]

Is this an entry-level gig?

 

[Moderator1]

Seriously? Stop asking that **** about every job. Use your head and figure it out. Don't test my patience early in your return.

 

[Tarheel316]

Good grief. Can't believe doodah is back. Moody, I think he's just trying to bait you.

 

[steveu]

Moddy, I could always say "YOU'RE HIRED!" or "This is a big boi job" but I tend to agree. This question's getting asked every time there's a job posting.

 

[Stitch]

Isn't Williston still hiring? I know Dickinson is hiring for the news side.

 

[doodah2]

Well, if it's not marked whether or not it's an entry level job, how the hell else will I find out?

 

[albert77]

Well, if it's not marked whether or not it's an entry level job, how the hell else will I find out?

Elevator obviously doesn't go to the top floor.

 

[MileHigh]

Well, if it's not marked whether or not it's an entry level job, how the hell else will I find out?

Knock it off, please. Now.

 

[Moderator1]

Well, if it's not marked whether or not it's an entry level job, how the hell else will I find out?

You really don't want to stay, do you?

 

[Moderator1]

Do you really think an SE job at paper like this is entry level? C'mon.

 

[doodah2]

I've honestly heard of people coming out of school and starting out as SEs at various papers, so I didn't think it was a horrible post to make. Honest.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Is moderator an entry level position? If so, can I apply?

 

[Moderator1]

If you straighten that kid out, you are hired

Doo, think. Like I asked you to do. You have seen people walk out of college and into an SE job at a paper this size? Very, very doubtful.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Pro tip: If the job is placing you in charge of anyone, and you have no previous management experience, or experience working at that specific paper or with the hiring boss in question, you almost certainly will not get the job.

 

[Stitch]

Well, if it's not marked whether or not it's an entry level job, how the hell else will I find out?

Call the publisher and report back.

 

[Mark2010]

Hmmm, no chance they promote from within for this position?

 

[User 1019]

Flew to Evansville last night and hit the town for some barbecue. Decent sized airport, ****ty looking town. One bright spot. A decent mall and a couple of river boats.

 

[steveu]

Hmmm, no chance they promote from within for this position?

If they do, maybe a writing post opens up. Couldn't hurt to send in the stuff.

 

[clutchcargo]

Yes, Doo, it is an entry-level position. They await your application.