Sports co-editor in Le Mars, Iowa

Found this on the journalismjobs site:

Company: Daily Sentinel, Le Mars, Iowa
Position: Seeking energetic Sports co-editor
Location: Le Mars, Iowa
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: $20,000 to $25,000
Ad expires: December 5, 2011
Job ID: 979076
Website: http://www.lemarssentinel.com

Description:
The Le Mars Daily Sentinel, an award-winning five-day-a-week newspaper in northwest Iowa, is seeking a motivated sports co-editor to carry on a tradition of excellent coverage. The ideal candidate will capture the spirit of the game, providing exceptional reporting and photography of prep sports for our seven area schools. The position requires a strong ability to juggle multiple assignments and collaborate smoothly with an established co-sports editor to produce a snappy sports section daily. Page design abilities and experience with multimedia, social media and InDesign are a definite plus. Send a resumé and clips to Editor Joanne Glamm, Le Mars Daily Sentinel, 41 First Avenue Northeast, Le Mars, Iowa 51031, or email to dseditor@frontiernet.net

 

It's a bit of a joke that the Ice Cream News has a sports co-editor for a job that pays peanuts.

 

Do they still have an ice cream cone in the masthead?

 

Doesn't look like it

http://lemarsdailysentinel.ia.newsmemory.com/demo.php?pSetup=lemarsdailysentinel_demo

 

What is a sports co-editor?

 

My guess is a two person sports department in which both people are equals and both are co-editors.

 

You get two spoons and one bowl.

 

Are residents of that city called Le Martians?

 

My guess is the bean counters call it "co-sports editor" to make it a salaried position and absolve the company from paying overtime to either person.

 

And that may not even be legal, although the law is a jumble. I think federal law requires someone like that to be supervising two people.

 

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