Sports editor, Houston

[sportschick]

From journalismjobs.com

Company: ASP Westward, L.P.

Position: SPORTS EDITOR POSITION AVAILABLE
Location: Houston, Texas
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires: June 8, 2007
Job ID: 773806


Description:
Experienced sports editor wanted to oversee sports page of community newspaper group. Applicant must have experience in providing leadership to reporters covering local sporting events, ensuring matters of interest are covered, editing copy, selecting appropriate photos and/or graphics and laying out the sports section. Knowledge of AP Style is a must.

Send Resume to: ASP Westward, LP, 523 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 600, Houston, TX 77060, Fax: 281-668-1126, E-Mail: [email protected]

 

[Angola!]

You may want to change the thread title, for a second I thought the Chronicle's sports editor had left.

 

[Angola!]

Doubt they'd be posting on JJobs, or even here, 'Gola. Just sayin'.

I know. But it makes you pause initially when you see that title. That is all.

 

[sportschick]

I'm not changing it, dammit!

 

[Angola!]

I'm not changing it, dammit!

That's because you like to make hearts skip beats.

 

[sportschick]

I'm not changing it, dammit!

That's because you like to make hearts skip beats.

It's what I do best :-* :-* :-*

 

[Football_Bat]

Whew, for a minute I was thinking, there go the hands of Texas hold 'em.

Jesus lives! ;)

 

[patchs]

I'm not changing it, dammit!

That's because you like to make hearts skip beats.

Mine did.
Praise Jesus, right, Football Bat?

 

[Sunshine Scooter]

So has anyone heard of this group?

 

[cubman]

What I know is HCN runs nearly all the weekly newspapers in and around metro Houston, including a few small dailies out as far as Cleveland, Texas, an hour or so from the city. They seem like a reputable business, but I'll be the first to say what I've seen of their layouts is not good and some of the writing leaves things to be desired.
Someone from the Houston area would probably have more to add.

 

[zman82]

just curious if anyone knows what this might pay? looks like there's about 10 weeklies so that's a lot of youngns to be steering in the right direction if the money ain't great. and don't even get me started on the mosquitos in h-town.

 

[bballscribe]

The pay is no more than 26. This particular group is actually a group of five weeklies that you'll cover. You cover 10 high schools, and one local af2 team, the Texas Copperheads. It covers two school districts, including Cy-Fair, the third-largest in TX. You design your own pages (3 pages per issue), manage stringers, write stories, take photos, etc. It's in the heart of northwest Houston, so it's not a bad place to live at all. The paper has been one of transition though. They are on their third editor in the past year, and three employees have left since March. It's not a bad gig though.