Sports Editor, Valdosta, Ga.

[rat fink]

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http://jobview.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=65724628&JobTitle=Sports+Editor&q=editor&lid=942&brd=1&cy=us&vw=b&AVSDM=2007-11-29+17%3a36%3a00&pg=1&seq=1

SPORTS EDITOR NEEDED!

Sports Editor in one of the South's most exciting sports markets!
High School sports programs second to none.
University program, too.



20,000 seven-day Georgia daily seeks a dynamic, energetic leader for a three-person staff. Applicant should be experienced in Quark Xpress layout and photographic skills are a plus.


Previous journalism/editorial experience is required.

email: [email protected]






Complete benefit package including medical and 401K available.
This is a drug free employer.

 

[sgaleadfoot]

although it was what seems like ages ago, I actually got my start in the business at this place as a stringer - it was my hometown paper.

PM me for questions.

 

[rat fink]

This is interesting on many fronts. The Valdosta job has been "open" for a while. However, CNHI is in a "hiring freeze."
There is a good chance that this is a fishing expedition to see who's out there looking. There is also a chance that the freeze has been lifted.
At any rate, its a good gig and can be a great springboard for other opportunities.

 

[deskslave]

And they're not kidding about the quality of the sports. Lowndes will host the Class AAAAA state championship game this weekend, the same weekend Valdosta State will play for the Division II national title.

 

[sgaleadfoot]

as an aside, it's also home to Lowndes' rival, Valdosta, winners of 23 state titles and 7 mythical national titles...so yea, football is kind of a big deal there. There are scenes from Friday Night Lights that seem like carbon copies of some stuff that happened in Valdosta, especially the Wal-Mart scene in the movie.

 

[Tom Petty]

from what i understand, cnhi is a tough gig at any level.

 

[Fourth and 8]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

 

[Tom Petty]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

and an earnest ho, ho, ho to you, too.

 

[rat fink]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

CNHI didn't corner the market on this. To be honest, there isn't a paper in this country that truly pays its employees what they're worth.

 

[Tom Petty]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

CNHI didn't corner the market on this. To be honest, there isn't a paper in this country that truly pays its employees what they're worth.

yes, but some folks do a better job than others.

 

[rat fink]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

CNHI didn't corner the market on this. To be honest, there isn't a paper in this country that truly pays its employees what they're worth.

yes, but some folks do a better job than others.

true but those aren't the folks hiring.

 

[Tom Petty]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

CNHI didn't corner the market on this. To be honest, there isn't a paper in this country that truly pays its employees what they're worth.

yes, but some folks do a better job than others.

true but those aren't the folks hiring.

but there still are places that don't treat people like the jrcs and cnhis of the world. why work for them if you don't have to?

 

[rat fink]

Any CNHI joint is going to try and kill you, underpay you, devalue you, and use you. Not in any particular order.

But then from the looks of this board, there's not many options for work.

Sad.

CNHI didn't corner the market on this. To be honest, there isn't a paper in this country that truly pays its employees what they're worth.

yes, but some folks do a better job than others.

true but those aren't the folks hiring.

but there still are places that don't treat people like the jrcs and cnhis of the world. why work for them if you don't have to?

Unfortunately, the chhis and jrcs of the world are the only ones with help wanted signs. While they aren't the best places for employment, it beats being unemployed.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Look, if you judge the goodness of a job by the stuff you cover, then it seriously won't get much better than this. If you judge it by prestige, pay or employee treatment, it's probably going to fall short of your expectations. Valdosta may very well prove me wrong on this point, but if I were going to apply, I'd have my eyes wide open.

 

[Mighty_Wingman]

As I recall, the last time this was "open" -- in the sense that there was a thread on the jobs board -- they apparently told their finalists they weren't going to hire a sports editor...they'd just have two sports writers, presumably to save on the expense of paying someone extra.

As cost-cutting measures go, that's pretty ridiculous.

 

[redsox99]

As a former cnhi employee, my advice would be to stay far, far away from those folks. For those who think cnhi beats unemployment, I'd rethink that.

 

[Tom Petty]

As a former cnhi employee, my advice would be to stay far, far away from those folks. For those who think cnhi beats unemployment, I'd rethink that.

i know after working for cnhi for awhile, my buddy now speaks highly of gannett and would take a job at one of its papers in a heartbeat and feel good about it.

 

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

BTW, is this Christian Malone's gig being advertised here, our is he still in Valdosta?

 

[heyuimintojsus]

He's still there and there are two other writers at least.

 

[shortstop]

Do not apply for this job! In my opinion, it would be a real mistake.
I'm another person who has worked in sports at that paper, and I don't recommend going after the sports editor job. This is one of those jobs where they will work you to death (expect 60-plus hour work weeks during football season, and weeks where you work six or seven days, with no overtime pay, of course), and then when you give them 60 hours, they will expect more. You are essentially expected to produce as much or more copy than your writers, work desk most nights, be the de-facto copy editor and handle all the other duties of the sports editor. And the pay can't be that good, considering it's only 20,000 circulation and it's CNHI.
As has been said many times before on this message board, CNHI ranks near the bottom as far as employee satisfaction. They are cheap, too. As an old friend told me after a month of working at another paper after leaving a CNHI paper he'd been with for many years, "It's good to know there are still papers that treat their employees right."
The sports are definitely great, the city is nice, and I met a lot of nice people living there. Still, I would not recommend applying for this job at all.