Recent content by jim lefko

Don’t sing the praises of Hearst too loudly. I got laid off from the San Antonio Express-News - a Hearst paper - less than 2 years ago as part of a 16-person lay-off. Sports - a traditional APSE multi award winner - has been gutted there with the department less than half the size it was 3 years...

So I’m excited to devour the new Sports Illustrated NBA preview and the first thing I notice is they predict 5 Western Conference teams to lose in the first round. That’s one helluva prediction, and also impossible. Then I start reading the team-by-team predictions and it really gets bad for...

After spending the last few months doing double duty as both the University of Texas beat writer and Spurs Nation magazine columnist for the Express-News, Mike Finger has been promoted to sports columnist. Finger replaces Buck Harvey, who recently retired after filling that role for three...

Because watching Mrs. Brady makeout with a sportswriter (Phillip B. Wilson, formerly of the Indy Star), never gets old: https://youtu.be/GpZ9HmMXFV0 7:45 is where it happens.

Wonderful goodbye column by Buck Harvey after 34 years of insights in the same market, initially for the now-defunct San Antonio Light and since 1993 for the San Antonio Express-News. Among other things, Harvey witnessed and eloquently wrote about the San Antonio Spurs' five NBA championships...

I worked with Curt for 15 years at the Indy Star, and enjoyed every minute of it. He's a pro's pro. Among the thousands of racing stories he wrote, the one I'll always think of first came in 2004 when a curious editor asked him to count the seats at the Indy Motor Speedway. After years of using...

Impressive investigative journalism by some former colleagues at the Indy Star taking USA Gymnastics to task. Timing just before Olympics was inspired too. Should get more than a few people talking about an issue that has been avoided for way too long...

Another vote for Gregg Doyel. Dude is killing it. Took first in APSE column writing last year after short time in Indy. Probably will win again this year.

Just wanted to provide some closure for this position. After evaluating more than 225 candidates, flying a couple of applicants in for interviews and settling on a person for the job, the opening went on hold for a while, then disappeared for good this past week when we had a substantial...

Update on the job search.... With my inbox jammed from over 160 applicants/resumes, I am closing the proverbial door and proceeding with the next step in the process. After identifying a group of finalists, I will be contacting those folks first. Then I will let everyone else know where they...

Position: Sports reporter THE JOB: The Indianapolis Star seeks a full-time reporter to provide sports content for three of our community sections, cover a variety of high school events for main sports, produce enterprise stories and assist on occasional big events (Indy 500, Brickyard 400, NCAA...

I am happy to announce that Nat Newell has been named to fill this position. Newell has been with The Star for 7 years, covering sports in the North zone, primarily for the community zoned sections.

Thanks to all of those who have contacted me. The plan is to accept resumes for another week or so and then move to the next stage of the process.

Kristen Leigh Porter had been the ASE/High Schools for the past 2 years, after 5 years as a prep reporter at The Star. Her last day was May 7. She is taking a job in communications...and left on very good terms, I might add.

Indianapolis Star Position: Assistant Sports Editor/High Schools THE JOB: The Indianapolis Star seeks a full-time Assistant Sports Editor to coordinate coverage of 70-plus area high schools and supervise five reporters (one in The Star’s downtown office and four in suburban offices) for both...