Starkville, Miss.

[BujuBanton]

Description:
Sports Editor: The Starkville Daily News, a daily Horizon Publications newspaper, is seeking an Sports editor with the vision, skill, passion and leadership to help make our good sports coverage great. The Starkville Daily circulates throughout Oktibbeha County, a place where college and high school football is practically a religion. That passion spills over into each community’s other prep sports, making for a primed readership that is always hungry for local sports coverage. In addition to prep sports, we cover Mississippi State University and other SEC schools. Working with the sports editor, the assistant sports editor responsibilities include copy editing, writing headlines and cutlines, compiling round-ups and laying out pages. We are seeking someone with appropriate experience. Pay and benefits are competitive. Please send resume, clips and/or tearsheets to Don Norman, Publisher, Starkville Daily News. P.O. Box 1068, Starkville, Ms. 39760, or e- mail:[email protected] or fax (662)324-8092.



Anyone know anything about the area? The chance to cover SEC sports would be great but I can't say I've ever heard of the place. It also seems to be a job that pops up a little too often. Any thoughts?

 

[Chi City 81]

Description:
Sports Editor: The Starkville Daily News, a daily Horizon Publications newspaper, is seeking an Sports editor with the vision, skill, passion and leadership to help make our good sports coverage great. The Starkville Daily circulates throughout Oktibbeha County, a place where college and high school football is practically a religion. That passion spills over into each community’s other prep sports, making for a primed readership that is always hungry for local sports coverage. In addition to prep sports, we cover Mississippi State University and other SEC schools. Working with the sports editor, the assistant sports editor responsibilities include copy editing, writing headlines and cutlines, compiling round-ups and laying out pages. We are seeking someone with appropriate experience. Pay and benefits are competitive. Please send resume, clips and/or tearsheets to Don Norman, Publisher, Starkville Daily News. P.O. Box 1068, Starkville, Ms. 39760, or e- mail:[email protected] or fax (662)324-8092.



Anyone know anything about the area? The chance to cover SEC sports would be great but I can't say I've ever heard of the place. It also seems to be a job that pops up a little too often. Any thoughts?

Ignoring the glaring typo in the first sentence, this ad jumps from describing an SE postion to describing an ASE position. Are they looking for both?

 

[Damaramu]

Did Travis leave? I remember him coming out of college and impressing the people he was working with as SE.

 

[BujuBanton]

Yeah I was thrown off by the switch in mid-job description too. It isn't a huge circulation jump from where I'm at but the chance to cover an SEC school would be pretty sweet. Hopefully someone can clarify which job is open. The ASE part sounds like a layout/roundup gig but I would hope the SE would be doing the MSU beat.

 

[HejiraHenry]

You won't have a staff photographer to shoot sports.

No joke.

 

[HejiraHenry]

The best thing that can happen to this paper is that somebody buys it and fixes it.

It can be done.

 

[User 1019]

I could imagine a situation in which there's a lot of opportunity there.

 

[goplayintramurals]

I didn't actually work here, but I did interview straight out of college.

If you want details, feel free to PM me.

I will say that Travis (the old ASE, read SE) seemed like a really bright guy. The current SE is, as mentioned above, ancient and a tad careless when it comes to spelling and objectivity. The impression I got is that the ASE will take over most of the SE's responsibilities, because they just can't come to terms with forcing the guy out.

 

[Chi City 81]

I didn't actually work here, but I did interview straight out of college.

If you want details, feel free to PM me.

I will say that Travis (the old ASE, read SE) seemed like a really bright guy. The current SE is, as mentioned above, ancient and a tad careless when it comes to spelling and objectivity. The impression I got is that the ASE will take over most of the SE's responsibilities, because they just can't come to terms with forcing the guy out.

Great. So you get all the duties of SE and ASE, just not the SE title? Where do I sign up?

 

[goplayintramurals]

I didn't actually work here, but I did interview straight out of college.

If you want details, feel free to PM me.

I will say that Travis (the old ASE, read SE) seemed like a really bright guy. The current SE is, as mentioned above, ancient and a tad careless when it comes to spelling and objectivity. The impression I got is that the ASE will take over most of the SE's responsibilities, because they just can't come to terms with forcing the guy out.

Great. So you get all the duties of SE and ASE, just not the SE title? Where do I sign up?

But you get to cover Mississippi State!

 

[BujuBanton]

Any idea of how much they travel with MSU? I would assume they do home and away for football and maybe basketball, but just home stuff for other sports. Anyone know for sure?

 

[Rockbottom]

I am about 99.9 percent sure that this Travis you speak of has been hired by the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News as a designer ... which is slightly odd, given that I just saw the Starkville paper the other day hanging above a loo at a watering hole (which had a 51-inch TV tuned to Man. U. instead of the Masters Par 3) and remarked to myself that my 12-year-old sister could have drawn it.

rb

 

[FuerteJ]

I am about 99.9 percent sure that this Travis you speak of has been hired by the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News as a designer ... which is slightly odd, given that I just saw the Starkville paper the other day hanging above a loo at a watering hole (which had a 51-inch TV tuned to Man. U. instead of the Masters Par 3) and remarked to myself that my 12-year-old sister could have drawn it.

rb

That's my kind of watering hole. Good soccer on a big TV. I like.

Also, you would at least get to work alongside a young scribe in town who is darn good at what he does (Not me. I live in New Orleans, thankfully). Could be a good learning experience.

 

[Rockbottom]

That's my kind of watering hole. Good soccer on a big TV. I like.

Also, you would at least get to work alongside a young scribe in town who is darn good at what he does (Not me. I live in New Orleans, thankfully). Could be a good learning experience.

If by "work alongside" you really mean "eat the dust of on a daily basis", then sure.

And that crap wouldn't have been kosher on Thursday-Sunday. That said, Man. U's lone goal of said match vs. Roma was CLASSIC!

rb

 

[FuerteJ]

That's my kind of watering hole. Good soccer on a big TV. I like.

Also, you would at least get to work alongside a young scribe in town who is darn good at what he does (Not me. I live in New Orleans, thankfully). Could be a good learning experience.

If by "work alongside" you really mean "eat the dust of on a daily basis", then sure.

And that crap wouldn't have been kosher on Thursday-Sunday. That said, Man. U's lone goal of said match vs. Roma was CLASSIC!

rb

All I'm saying is that it's an opportunity to learn from someone who knows what he's doing. I don't care whether "he's eating dust" or whatnot.

And yes, Tevez's goal was tremendous. The pass from Hargreaves was beautiful.

 

[deskslave]

Description:
Sports Editor: The Starkville Daily News, a daily Horizon Publications newspaper, is seeking an Sports editor with the vision, skill, passion and leadership to help make our good sports coverage great. The Starkville Daily circulates throughout Oktibbeha County, a place where college and high school football is practically a religion. That passion spills over into each community’s other prep sports, making for a primed readership that is always hungry for local sports coverage. In addition to prep sports, we cover Mississippi State University and other SEC schools. Working with the sports editor, the assistant sports editor responsibilities include copy editing, writing headlines and cutlines, compiling round-ups and laying out pages. We are seeking someone with appropriate experience. Pay and benefits are competitive. Please send resume, clips and/or tearsheets to Don Norman, Publisher, Starkville Daily News. P.O. Box 1068, Starkville, Ms. 39760, or e- mail:[email protected] or fax (662)324-8092.



Anyone know anything about the area? The chance to cover SEC sports would be great but I can't say I've ever heard of the place. It also seems to be a job that pops up a little too often. Any thoughts?

So...you want to cover SEC sports, but you've never heard of Starkville? Or are you saying you've never heard of the paper?

 

[Methodtomymadness]

I just know that you better love hearing cowbells ... and more cowbells.

 

[Terd Ferguson]

Be sure to inquire about Horizon's overtime policy.

I never worked at this specific paper, but once upon a time Horizon operated with some sort of ****ed up, inverted deal where you actually made less per hour the more hours you worked. If you worked 40 hours at $10 for $400, then when you worked 45 hours, your hourly rate went down, but still equaled $400 total. Don't ask me how it works. Was told that it was legal and had my dad and a family lawyer look at it and somehow the company could get a way with it.

This was nearly 10 years ago, so maybe it's better.

Just make sure you ask about that.

 

[Putt4dough]

This paper has a guy that I went to school with as assistant sports editor. They may think he's too young but he deserves an interview at the very least. Hope he gets considered, always need more EIU grads in power.

 

[Stitch]

This paper has a guy that I went to school with as assistant sports editor. They may think he's too young but he deserves an interview at the very least. Hope he gets considered, always need more EIU grads in power.

Why would he interview for his own job?