Sports Reporter- Boone, IA

Zads07 · Jan 24, 2014

From jjobs.com
http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1559967

Company: Boone News Republican
Position:
Full Time Sports Reporter
Location:
Boone, Iowa
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Negotiable
Ad Expires:
February 28, 2014
Job ID: 1559967
Website: http://www.newsrepublican.com

Description:

Do you have a passion for sports? Are you outgoing, energetic and a self starter? If so the Boone News Republican may have a position for you! We are looking for a full time sports writer to provide compelling coverage for print and online. Duties will include attending varsity sporting events, providing photos, page layout and developing sources and rapport with local coaches. Send resume and writing samples to:

Claudia Lovin

P.O. Box 100

Boone, IA 50036

rdmurray · Jan 24, 2014

Application through the mail? What is this 1993?

Songbird · Jan 24, 2014

Make sure to use paste on the back of your clips.

jr/shotglass · Jan 24, 2014

I would guess, if you don't want to use the U.S. Mail, you don't have to apply ...

Songbird · Jan 24, 2014

Coupla notables stick out:

Mamie Geneva Doud, wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mamie Eisenhower Avenue, one of the main east-west streets in Boone, is named in her honor.

Norman Arthur Erbe, was a Republican Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963. He was born and resided in Boone.

Wilfred James McNeil (1901–1979), Rear Admiral, first Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (1949-1959), president of Grace Lines, Inc., was born in Boone, Iowa.

Jerry McNertney, MLB player for the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hap Moran, an All American basketball player from Boone High School and New York Giants football star

Chad Rinehart, an offensive lineman for the San Diego Chargers. In college he was an all-American for the University of Northern Iowa.

Louis Seiling, Founder of the town of Seiling, Oklahoma

Kate Shelley, who averted a terrible train accident. ... AVERTED!

Ray Lyman Wilbur, born in Boone, third president of Stanford University, also United States Secretary of the Interior ... Iowa's finest thug!

Colonel Nathan Boone, 1781-1856, son of Daniel Morgan Boone (the explorer) and Rebecca Bryan. Nathan Boone explored the area, and the town and county of Boone, Iowa are both named for him.[12]