Sports Editor Needed

[mattgut]

Sports Editor
The Delta Democrat Times seeks a sports editor who is eager to help shape the sports pages at one of Mississippi’s most well respected newspapers. The DDT is a Pulitzer prize-winning 6-day newspaper in the Delta of Mississippi that is committed to community journalism. This position will focus completely on the sports section of the paper and will be yours to shape. Page layout experience a must; Quark XPress experience preferred. We are an afternoon paper so hours vary depending on school sports.

The DDT is a part of Emmerich Newspapers, a family-owned operation which has more than 20 papers mostly throughout Mississippi. We offer a comprehensive employment package that includes Medical, Dental, a 401-K with company match, and two weeks of paid vacation. Salary range is 28k-32k per year. Send resume and clips to Sports Editor, Delta Democrat Times, 988 N. Broadway, Greenville, MS 38701; or email to [email protected].

 

[newspaperman]

The Delta is a very unique place, to say the least. My question is this: With a 6-day-a-week publication, how much help do you have? Assistant sports editor, sports reporters? Stringers or part-timers?

 

[1HPGrad]

I saw the thread title and immediately thought of about 25 applicable places ... carry on.

 

[newspaperman]

And I just saw this: It's an afternoon paper, which means you work early mornings and late nights. I've seen these kind of slave-shops where employees work 6 and 7 days a week for $30k. From the look of their website, only one person writes, so I'm guessing the guy that's leaving decided he was ready to have a real life. Like the previous poster said, "carry on," mattgut. Carry on.

 

[HandsomeHarley]

And I just saw this: It's an afternoon paper, which means you work early mornings and late nights. I've seen these kind of slave-shops where employees work 6 and 7 days a week for $30k. From the look of their website, only one person writes, so I'm guessing the guy that's leaving decided he was ready to have a real life. Like the previous poster said, "carry on," mattgut. Carry on.

$30g? In my dreams.

Oh, and for the millionth time, you really need to put the city and/or paper in the thread title.

 

[heyuimintojsus]

Does anyone know anything about the newspaper and details or where the current SE may be going/doing?

 

[slappy4428]

What happened to the last SE? Quit, move up or get booted out the door?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar, and all of a sudden, he went to Graceland.

Memphis, Tennessee.

And never came back.

Is my guess.

 

[I Should Coco]

The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar, and all of a sudden, he went to Graceland.

Memphis, Tennessee.

And never came back.

Is my guess.

Perhaps he met a girl in New York City, who calls herself the human trampoline ...

 

[Drip]

Does anyone know anything about the newspaper and details or where the current SE may be going/doing?

What happened to the last SE? Quit, move up or get booted out the door?

The last SE got a raise and took his talents to a local college.

 

[KennethMister]

My last day at this gig will be Nov. 30. Getting out of the business. PM me for details.

 

[RedSmithClone]

KM ... You're out Nov. 30? When is application deadline? My guess is they want to hire asap, so is a New Englander looking to relocate out of the running due to distance?

 

[KennethMister]

I'm not sure if there's a deadline, per se. But I would get it in ASAP. And it wouldn't hurt to try. We only have one team left in high school football playoffs, but basketball and soccer is in full swing so I'm sure Matt wants someone immediately after I leave.

KM ... You're out Nov. 30? When is application deadline? My guess is they want to hire asap, so is a New Englander looking to relocate out of the running due to distance?

 

[Drip]

I'm not sure if there's a deadline, per se. But I would get it in ASAP. And it wouldn't hurt to try. We only have one team left in high school football playoffs, but basketball and soccer is in full swing so I'm sure Matt wants someone immediately after I leave.

KM ... You're out Nov. 30? When is application deadline? My guess is they want to hire asap, so is a New Englander looking to relocate out of the running due to distance?

Something may be cooking with this one fairly soon.

 

[Drip]

Word is out that this one is done.

 

[flexmaster33]

Quick question...on these afternoon papers why couldn't an SE work a 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift and get his section completed before he left for the night. That seems more workable than being in the office morning and night...that leaves you with absolutely no life.

 

[Drip]

Quick question...on these afternoon papers why couldn't an SE work a 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. shift and get his section completed before he left for the night. That seems more workable than being in the office morning and night...that leaves you with absolutely no life.

That's highly possible and done in some places. However, production in many shops like this doesn't begin until the morning and there are snafus many times.

 

[Mark2010]

When I was stringing for a PM paper, my deadline was something like 5 AM.

There are different ways it can work. You can go to a night game, go out to dinner, write leisurely (if you're a nightowl like me) and then come in the office and do pages early AM. Or you could do the usual evening shift and send the pages before you go home. It's rare that they would require a makeover. If you're a one or two-man shop, you can find ways to make it work for everyone. For me personally, no way in Hades would I take a job (in ANY business) that required me to be in the office at 6AM regularly. But I know other people who think it's insane to work past midnight, too.

 

[flexmaster33]

Yes, I'm just looking at helping people avoid that double shift thing...seems crazy to be at a game until 9 p.m., then back in the office at 6 a.m. When going on vacation I'm often able to grab into the hold bucket and work pages several issues in advance to at least make the load a little lighter on the part-timer stepping in to fill the gaps while I'm out.

It's a hot topic for me, because my first job wanted me to sit at my desk from 9-5 then go out and cover the events "on my own time", which was absolutely ridiculous. Three months and I was off to somewhere else.

 

[Drip]

Yes, I'm just looking at helping people avoid that double shift thing...seems crazy to be at a game until 9 p.m., then back in the office at 6 a.m. When going on vacation I'm often able to grab into the hold bucket and work pages several issues in advance to at least make the load a little lighter on the part-timer stepping in to fill the gaps while I'm out.

It's a hot topic for me, because my first job wanted me to sit at my desk from 9-5 then go out and cover the events "on my own time", which was absolutely ridiculous. Three months and I was off to somewhere else.

Slavery ended in 1865.