NY Times says 35 jobs open at ESPN The Mag

I think saying Hartford implies West Hartford.

 

Oh, god. That's like saying Westchester implies NYC. Two totally different cities, different leadership, different safety levels.

 

Thank you Miss Connecticut.

 

Hey, I'm just saying. No one "chooses" to live in Hartford. That's like saying they "choose" to live in BYH's hometown.

 

YOU LEAVE MY SISTER AND PARENTS ALONE!

 

I find it comical that ESPN programs cite Sports Illustrated all the time, where as ESPN's own magazine barely, if ever, gets any pub. I know SI is superior, but I always thought it wasn't the best marketing for ESPN. IDK.

 

I always find it weird when sports writers trash the idea of working at ESPN. I know it's a big target, but in a lot of ways, it's the promised land: access, audience, money, space...

I mean, if you work for the Mag, you can pitch anything, anywhere, and they'll look for a reason to say yes. They sent me to Greece to write about free diving. Nobody does that stuff anymore.

And I think Chad Millman's going to be a terrific editor. Very good, smart dude. I'll be curious to see what he does with it. He'll be a writer's editor, I'm guessing.

 

Well said tf. Really from the beginning ESPN for the most part has been treated as the anti Christ in SJ land.

Seems like writing for ESPN would be like playing for The Yankees. You always have a chance to win.

 

These magazine jobs that are open -- anyone have any insight as to whether they want people with a magazine background or a newspaper background?

 

Fran,

A COMPLETE GUESS, so put no stock in this, but from personal experience: They care less about WHERE the experience comes from than they do what experience you have. I had never worked online before working for the dotcom. Assuming these are desk jobs (which I think is a fair assumption), editing is editing to a large extent. Show you can make stories better, work well on deadline and do the job, and you'll get a fair shake.

 

All of the above.

 

SI and ESPN Mag don't really occupy the same space, though. SI is news, ESPN Mag is features. They'll both hit you with some graphs and insight from time to time, but SI's weekly format makes it more logical to do that more often. ESPN Mag feels like it operates under the assumption that its readers are already sports fans and want that extra bit of color rather than nonstop X's & O's.