Note: Every Wednesday, Scooping the News identifies five job openings at U.S. newspapers. This information demonstrates that newspaper jobs still exist despite all the layoffs, and we focus on jobs in editing, reporting, designing and photography.
Here are the five U.S. newspaper job openings we decided to highlight this week:
1. The Anniston Star in Alabama seeks a page designer. The job listing states, "Do you have a keen eye for design? Are you detail-oriented? Do you enjoy thinking out of the box? Then The Anniston Star -- a 25,000 daily in Anniston, Ala. -- wants you. We're looking for a full-time page designer with InDesign, Photoshop and copy-editing skills. The job requires night hours. The ideal candidate will have experience designing news and features pages."
2. The Birmingham News in Alabama seeks a sports reporter. The job listing states, "The Birmingham News seeks an experienced sports reporter to cover a major college beat. Candidates should demonstrate previous experience on a major college beat, including spot news, features, enterprise reporting and blogging. Candidates should demonstrate initiative and strong writing skills."
3. The Idaho Statesman seeks a business reporter. The job listing states, "You should be a first-rate writer with a demonstrated passion for journalism. You’ll work as one of two business reporters to break news online and in print. We expect our reporters to be comfortable working on multiple platforms, using each medium to its advantage. You should be able to write sophisticated, fair, compelling stories of Idaho business people, problems and trends – and be fast and comfortable presenting information in alternative story forms."
4. The Las Vegas Sun seeks a veteran reporter. The job listing states, "Our reporters spend all day every day working on stories that reporters at most newspapers wish they could do even once. We have a strong team of veteran editors who take pride in making the Sun better month to month, year to year. We want experienced applicants who can demonstrate that they work hard, have strong critical thinking skills, love the craft of writing and can report at this level."
5. Village Voice Media in Los Angeles seeks a staff writer. The job listing states, "We are looking for an experienced reporter with the writing skills necessary to produce both long-form magazine-style stories and contributions to our news blog, LA Daily. The ideal candidate will be local -- someone from or very familiar with Los Angeles who can hit the ground running with established sources. If your copy is as much a pleasure to read as it is well researched, we want to hear from you. This is a fulltime Union position with benefits."
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