Sports copy editor -- Cheyenne, Wyo.

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Company: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
Position: Page Designer
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: $30,000 to $35,000
Website: http://wyosports.net

Description:

A daily newspaper with an award-winning sports team and one of the top designs in America is accepting applications for a designer/copy editor. If you like designing pages with flair, we want to talk to you. Headline writing and copyediting are part of the position as well. This is a great entry-level opportunity or one for a more experienced person looking to make a move upward. The WTE, a seven-day a.m., Sunday circulation of 15,000, underwent a radical redesign in 2008 that was named one of the top 5 redesigns in the world by SND. The sports section also has won many state and national awards from Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), including a sweep in 2013, placing in the top 10 nationally in daily, Sunday, special section and website. Cheyenne, Wyo., is located at the northern tip of the Colorado Front Range. Our growing city is close to some of the best hunting, fishing, hiking, camping and other outdoor activity areas in the nation. We’re also only about a 90-minute drive from Denver and 45 minutes from Fort Collins, Colo. Starting pay is based on education and experience. Send a cover letter, resume and work samples to Jeremiah Johnke, asst. WyoSports editor, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, 702 W. Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001. Or submit materials via e-mail to jjohnke@wyosports.net.

 

The WTE also prints the Laramie Boomerang and their sports staffs are combined somewhat. It's not a writing position but they do a very nice job covering the Cowboys and local preps. Housing is cheap, there's no state income tax, the wind blows and it gets cold in the winter. Vedauwoo, Curt Gowdy State Park are great and the Snowies are about a 80 minutes away over the pass.

 

Is that clear enough for anyone who might consider applying? Based on applications received per a source, "copy editor" apparently doesn't mean what it used to. Lots of people seeking writing opportunities by applying for a desk job. Just thought I'd offer some clarity.

 

Seems like a confusing title in a desolate venue. Culture shock worth it?

 

Thing is, there are a lot of hybrid jobs. I've had several jobs where I initially started as a copy editor, but did more and more writing as time progressed. Being able to do multiple things is a valuable asset.

 

It's only confusing for those who are easily confused.

 

There are worse places to live and worse jobs to have. This is a pretty good paper for its size and they cover a lot. If it hasn't changed over the past 10 or 12 years then yes, this is a copy editing only position and there won't be a lot of opportunities, if any, to write unless a writer spot holds up. But in this day and age having a copy editor at all, especially a dedicated sports copy editor, should be something to be happy about. Shouldn't it?

 

I'd vouch for Cheyenne being a decent place. I was only there for a bit on a road trip out of Denver. But it's only about an hour and change from the Denver suburbs so it's not like a major city isn't nearby.

 

. . . it's dead.

 

Like yourself, jerk

 

This has been filled. I'm not sure either party has made it public yet so I'll withhold the name.

 

I took my current job knowing it wasn't a writing job .I had come from a bigger paper and all the copy desk folks got a byline once a blue moon I kidded myself into thinking I didn't care because I was desperate due to a layoff and unemployment not cutting it. I've been here since 2010 but it probably took less than a year for the reality that I had doomed myself to a career on the desk to crash down.