Sports writer, Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette

If you factor in the reality that there are way more low-paying jobs at less than wonderful papers than there are gigs at big papers that pay well to cover big-time beats, then this is not a bad job to pursue if you are right out of school or working at an even smaller, lower-paying rag.

As has been metioned here, the SE is good peeps (as are the other staffers there I have met) and there are at least some opportunities to do more than just preps. The town is far from wonderful, but at least is big enough to have some decent restaurants and what I hear is a pretty fair brewpub (have never sampled Bullfrog's brews, but hear good things).

Yeah, there are a lot of better places to work, but there are far more worse places.

(full diclosure: I never worked there, but did string for them years ago, have read the paper from time to time and know some staffers)

 

Rather decent location, too. An hour or 90 minutes maybe from Scranton, three hours from Philly and NYC, pretty easy access to the entire northeast by I-80, 81 and 84 that allows you to bypass NYC entirely if you so desire. If you wanna do some road-trippin', this ain't a bad place to have for your home base.

 

Ewww

 

good place to score reefer?