Sports Editor - Mellencamp, Iowa

All it says is Small Town
Well, you CAN breathe in a small town ... have yourself a ball in a small town ... hell, you'll probably die in a small town ...

Company: Lee Enterprises
Position:Seeking Sports Editor
Location: Small Town, Iowa
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: Not Specified
Ad Expires: April 4, 2013

Description:Sports Editor

A small Iowa enterprise, part of the Lee Enterprises chain, is seeking a multi-purpose sports editor who has proven leadership, reporting, design and editing skills and an eagerness to explore new avenues in the world of print and digital journalism.

We place a heavy emphasis on covering local high school sports and we do it in unique, innovative ways. Our sports staff has won multiple INA and APME awards for sports coverage the past couple of years.

Our ideal candidate will be an independent self-starter who can take ownership of the sports section and be a leader in our newsroom. He or she also should have a hunger for enterprise journalism that goes beyond mere game coverage. Multi-media expertise is a plus.

Qualified candidates should have a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience in a daily newspaper environment.

If interested, please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to sportseditor@lee.net.

 

This job hurts so good.

 

I would so move there and buy a little pink house.

 

Ain't that America?

 

Lee Enterprises ... ugh

If I was a sports editor at a small town Lee paper in Iowa, I'd be looking over both shoulders when I walked out the front door every morning.

From looking at their website, they only have 4 papers in Iowa: The QC Times and Courier in Waterloo/Cedar Falls probably don't qualify as "small town", and there's Sioux City and Mason City.

 

Really? It doesn't even say the name of the paper or where it is? You can work in some nice areas in Iowa or you could end up in BFE. It'd kinda be nice to know.

 

They also have (I think) Muscatine. This might be Mason City or Muscatine; Sioux City's a decent-sized paper (by Iowa standards).

 

They need a sports editor who won't drive them crazy.

 

A weekly paper?
For what they'll pay, you'll probably have an interstate running through your front yard. You'll think you've got it good, though.

 

Ain't even done with the night.

 

Maybe you can hook up with a real Cougar.

 

The ad on this page looks like it says "Tough Udder." Lots of those in Iowa.