Temporary Sports Desk Editor, Seattle Times

The Seattle Times Company, the largest newspaper in Washington, seeks a temporary Desk Editor to join one of the best sports desks in the country. Daily newspaper experience is required. Must be a skilled wordsmith with good sports knowledge and the ability to write clever headlines and work under deadline pressure. Must be flexible to work nights and weekends.

Send resume and one-page cover letter by Aug. 1 to: dshelton@seattletimes.com or to:

Don Shelton, Assistant Sports Editor
The Seattle Times
P.O. Box 70
Seattle, WA 98109

 

I like Don Shelton. but I don't know how to feel about Death posting job openings.

 

Temporary?

 

That was my thought, too.

 

At least it's honest. Probably wouldn't be a terrible idea for other job opening to slap that disclaimer on the front.

 

Well, the listing failed to answer the obvious questions: How long and what happens after?

 

Considering who posted it, I guess you take the job, work a while ... and then, my friend, you die.

 

i'd get relocation money and then tell 'em to shove temporary up their asses.

 

I thought everything in this biz these days is considered temporary...Personally, I'm day to day.

 

Thank you, Dan Patrick.

 

I'm pretty sure I've seen them advertise temps in past years; I knew a guy who temped for them on news-side in the 1980s. I'm astonished that they wouldn't just be forced to work shorthanded nowadays.

 

probably easy for them to dump full-timers than dump the temps who may not be guild members, may make less than the rest of the desk and have far less job security.