College sports reporter--USA Today

http://apse.dallasnews.com/job_board/2006/1907.html

USA Today seeks a reporter to provide comprehensive and high quality coverage of men's college basketball and other college sports.

Superior writing and reporting skills required. Proven ability to develop significant and creative enterprise packages. Must respond well to breaking news and work well on deadline. Candidates should have a good working knowledge of a variety of college sports including football.

College degree preferred. At least five years experience reporter required.

Contact:

Marsha Clark
News Administration
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Dr.
McLean, VA 22108

 

Why do they even advertise a job like that? It's got to be a Gannett HR thing. You know all sorts of clowns are going to put in for that gig.
And if anyone with only 5 years experience gets that job, I'll shit a brick. That's a big-boy/big-girl job if there ever was one. You get that with 5 years experience, then you must be a f'n stud like John Holmes.....

 

More and more these days, editors (even at the top papers) are scrapping the old way of thinking and bringing in talented, younger reporters that prove in one way or another that they're capable of doing the job. It's not like there's a large pool of such talented young reporters. But there are more floating around than you think.

 

They skew older at USA TODAY. They make the occasional young hire, but not often.

 

Oh, skew. You wrote skew.

Nevermind.

 

I believe most of the recent hires have been of the young ilk.

 

You certainly start to wonder when you see USA Today posted, Louisville posted, etc. Maybe we're just being cynical. Maybe some SEs really do want to see what's out there? Can't hurt, right?

 

Do you have to move to NoVa for this one or would they let you stay put if you were working someplace like Raleigh or Louisville?

 

I think Moran was based in Chicago. I think.