Staff size in relation to circulation

Word for word here. Except for the track part.

 

25k
1 SE
3 writers
1 copy editor/designer
1 part-timer during school year, multitude of stringers for Friday night football
High schools: 23 core schools, countless others that think we care about them
1 D-II college, 1 JC
2 minor league teams

 

60K
Six FT reporters
Four Deskers
One PT agateer
One SE who writes from time to time
No ASE

 

circ. is about 75,000

SE, does pages
ASE (only in duties, not given ase title) covers nfl, lays out pages
Four in office writers (three generally focusing of preps coverage), another covers the beat of an in-state SEC school.
Two deskers, one of which does a little bit of writing, mainly covering auto racing.
Two part-timers and a few stringers as well.

 

this is all very depressing.

 

30K, 7-day

Three college (2 D-I, 1 I-AA; all local) beat guys.
One prep guy.
One desker.
One SE.

Everybody does everything except the desker.

 

This my current gig

 

But you guys have a universal desk editing copy?

 

30,000 Circulation -- 7 days

Sports Editor (mostly layout and copy editing; some writing)
Three full-time writers (who also do layout once-a-week each and copy edit when in office)
Two part-time writers (although right now, we have zero)

16-20 HS
D-II University & Junior College
Minor League baseball and football teams
We also cover a D-I football beat during the season

 

8K. Twice a month, 29K.
1 FT (SE which is me).
No Partimers.
6 high schools.

 

I know the rule of thumb when I got in the biz was roughly 1 FT person for every 1,000 circulation (at least at the smaller papers).

I worked at two shops:
6,600 circ = 5 FT in newsroom (EIC, Assistant Editor, SE, 2 reporters -- one of which was 3/4 sports). All had bylines
10-11,000 circ = Generally 12 FT, although it has fluctuated (EIC, ME, 2 copy editors, 4 news reporters, 1 photog, 2 FTs in sports, editorial assistant). They've added three positions to work on some new mass-circulation weekly products, so now the newsroom has 16 people (EIC, ME, weekly editor, 3 copy editors, 3 daily reporters, 1 photog, 2 in sports, 2 reporters for weeklies, editorial assistant, one more reporter who splits between weekly news-side and daily sports ... however, though the newsroom has grown, the daily staff has actually lost people -- 2.5 reporters, the community editor and 1 copy editor are promised to the weekly).

 

85k

14 FT, including SE and two ASEs.
3 PT
1 intern in the summer

20 high schools
1 D-II college
3 D-III colleges
1 minor league baseball team
1 minor league hockey team
Cover all Eagles games and all PSU football games