Recent content by scottwcoleman

I was told yesterday that a candidate accepted the position.

Cost of living is probably the worst thing about the job, really. One bedroom apartments in NW Austin / Cedar Park are $900-1100 on average. There will be some available at lower cost, but either come with a bit of a drive or extra door locks. Round Rock or Pflugerville would be where I'd check...

There is certainly some competition. However, the Statesman just dropped another FT staffer from its preps beat and uses mostly stringers to cover 60+ schools. Their high school football game coverage is digital on Friday night and shows up in print on Sunday and Monday. They do a good job with...

Still a great song. Africa by Toto.

True enough. Pay is NOT a strong point of this job, but that's why I made sure to confirm and post it. To be fair, though, you're looking at 4 broadsheet pages a week in football season and 2-3 in the remainder of the school year with a pretty light summers. A key challenge is just...

Now for the skinny: I held this job, or a version of it anyway, from 2011-2014 and I'm posting here to help the folks at the paper out. Things were done a bit differently when I had the job, but times have continued to change. I know the market, the people and the current situation pretty well...

The Hill Country News, an award-winning weekly newspaper in northwest suburban Austin, Texas, is looking for a sports reporter. The job is 80% preps, covering the Leander Independent School District's six highly competitive high schools. The Spurs D-League team and the Dallas Stars' AHL team...

'Competitive wage and benefits package' ?? That's some kind of competitive pay.

TPA and TCNA award winning photographer & writing team offering coverage for the three-day UIL state track and field meet May 14-16 in Austin, Texas. Photo-only, story only and photo/story packages available. More info and booking at: Texas Prep Sports Coverage | Music, Sports & Entertainment...

I think it's a combination of three things: 1) Historical bias against Auburn (despite the fact they've won tons of big games over the years) 2) Still-lingering questions about a team that went winless in the SEC last year... are they really this good, or when will they slip up? 3) The...

Loved This is the End. Absolutely hated Man of Steel. I really wanted to like it, but ended up thinking it was just a big steaming pile of crap.

Loved The Americans. Can't wait to see how next season plays out. Just finished watching BBC's Wallander on Netflix streaming, and thought Kenneth Branagh did an amazing job. Supposedly a final three episodes of Wallander are due some time next year. Saw Luther (with Idris Elba) on Netflix a...

Still having a hard time believing that legitimate draft picks would stay at Auburn for cash 'in the thousands' of dollars. If it turns out that much of this holds water, though, current HC Gus Malzahn likely goes down, and it's hard to think that there should't be an investigation of Muschamp...

Lived and worked there a number of years back. Same owners and I know some of the people still there. PM me with any questions.

Our paper has been working on something related to this, and essentially, in order for the poor to get help through the county mental health agency, they started forcing people to apply for disability. If they are denied, then the county pays for their care. But, the county mental health agency...