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. Seattlepi.com seeks a night and weekend producer/editor/reporter. The job listing states,"Must be able to write headlines, blog posts, stories and other content with speed, accuracy, fairness, voice and flair. Must be comfortable multitasking and juggling complex workflows, must understand how and when to use maps, charts, video, audio and multimedia and be able to edit everything from a simple blog post to a complex news story. Must have worked as an editor and reporter for a minimum of 2 years each."
2. The Naples Daily News in Florida seeks a business staff writer. The job listing states, "The successful applicant will have the ability to juggle daily stories, quick turnaround postings for the Web as well as reach into the community for stories on interesting people and events. Ability to shoot video, familiarity with audio recording or willingness to learn other multimedia story techniques is a plus. Applicants must have a bachelor's degree with a major or minor in journalism, communications, English or a related field."
3. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Texas seeks a copy editor. The job listing states, "Scripps Texas Central Desk, which produces four newspapers in the state, welcomes highly motivated, creative journalists with experience in page design and copyediting to apply to our team, based in seaside Corpus Christi. Web knowledge/skills required. Steadiness on deadline and willingness to communicate with co-workers within newsroom and outside also necessary. This is a fast-paced environment with strict publication deadlines."
4. The Colorado Daily seeks a news reporter. The job listing states, "We're looking for a creative reporter who will find new, interesting and fun ways to chronicle -- both in print and online -- the daily lives of CU's students, whether that be covering breaking campus news, examining the latest college trends or simply writing about what they do for fun on Thursday nights. Applicants must have a college degree and, preferably, one to two years' professional newspaper experience; be clean, fast and proficient writers; and be Web savvy and well-versed in the latest online media and social-networking tools."
5. The Kansas City Star seeks a Web designer. The job listing states, "The successful candidate will work with newsroom managers, editors and end users to conceptualize, plan and design on-line products. Projects will cover a wide range of possibilities from adding widgets to existing sites to building complex new websites. The ideal candidate must display excellent written and oral skills with demonstrated interpersonal and organization abilities. The web designer will be expected to keep up to date with advances in design technology and to apply these advances to existing products as needed."
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