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 New York Post seeks an associate metropolitan editor. The job listing states, "The New York Post is seeking a sharp, tough-minded, experienced and energetic associate metro editor who is able to thrive in a fast-moving, highly charged atmosphere. The job includes developing story ideas, managing reporters, collaborating with photo editors, updating the paper’s vibrant, highly popular Website and editing copy under heavy deadline pressure. The position provides rarely a dull moment but requires an iron will."
2. The Salt Lake Tribune seeks a Spanish language writer/editor. The job listing states, "Ahora Utah, a Spanish-language weekly newspaper serving northern Utah's vibrant Latino population, seeks a skilled journalist for full-time employment. Candidates should have at least three years experience in writing and editing news copy in Spanish. Experience with page layout/design is a plus, as is a knowledge of Salt Lake City and its surroundings. Ahora Utah is a free newspaper (distribution: 15,000 per week) published by The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah's largest daily newspaper."
3. The Sandusky Register in Ohio seeks an online producer. The job listing states, "You'll be a part of our newsroom and be in charge of keeping sanduskyregister.com fresh with stories, photos, video, other interactive ventures and live streaming from various events in our coverage area. The online producer position will work under the umbrella of the newly created multimedia department and directly with the chief photographer as well as coordinating efforts with the news editors, our sports department and design desk."
4. The New York Times Company seeks a Web newsroom intern. The job listing states, "The internship in the Web newsroom involves participating both in the packaging of online news in The Times's fast-paced newsroom, as well as assisting in the development of interactive projects and features for internal content management systems. The intern will work with producers, reporters and editors who work on both the Web site and the newspaper. He or she will assist in the production of stories for various sections; developing interactive features with Flash. Archiving and research tasks will also be associated with both breaking news events and enterprise stories."
5. The Herald Times Reporter in Wisconsin seeks a news reporter. The job listing states, "The Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc seeks a versatile journalist to join our award-winning news staff. The successful candidate will generate local content for print and online, focusing on public schools and three local colleges. Our reporters also handle general assignments and have the opportunity to take on projects, flip videos and blogs. The successful candidate will post to our Web site and write for the front page of the daily newspaper from day one."
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