Sports Editor, Jackson, Tenn.

[koolbreeze]

I believe he works on the news side, but is just keeping the SE chair warm until they find someone.

 

[Riddick]

I don't think they're offering relocation expenses. at least that's what the Gannett site says.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I'm pretty sure (at least) one in-house interview took place. Candidate came from another opening on this board.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Jackson has the reputation as a progressive town for its location and size, and it's known as a springboard paper.

(YESSS! Last post on all four boards!)

 

[cubman]

My now-former editor - he moved on to take another job elsewhere in the South - interviewed at this paper a few months back and was thoroughly unimpressed. Jackson flew him in and put him and his g/f up for two nights. Their circulation is 10,000 to 15,000 higher than our paper, yet they didn't do nearly what we do on high school coverage (not bragging ... this is per his word) and didn't seem to have their stuff together. That I see this job revived now means his gut instinct was correct.

 

[Riddick]

hasn't this gig been open for at least five months or so?

 

[Yawn]

This place has has tremendous turnover and instability.

 

[CarlSpackler]

I don't know the full story here. But I believe the bird next to my window who's saying "Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!"

 

[Riddick]

This one is back again on the Gannett website.

 

[boots]

This used to be a great spot. What is the problem?

 

[2underpar]

to start, i'd say part of the problem starts with a G and ends with a T.

 

[BudMan]

The job of sports editor at a small Gannett paper is the clashic no-win situation. You'd have to be an idiot or a masochist to take this position. Once upon a time, the Sun covered University of Tennessee football and the Tennessee Titans, home and away. The Sun also used to staff Memphis basketball during the Penny Hardaway era. Those days are long gone. Now the Sun publishes middle school football roundups. There's a Clash AA baseball team in town and the Sun seldom bothers to staff its home games. And Gannett can't understand why its papers keep losing readers despite the "local-local" focus.