The successful candidate for this position will join a content management team that is steadily expanding its skill sets to handle all online content such as video, audio, slideshows and databases, as well as copy editing and page design. Our goal is to deliver news and information to our readers in the fastest and best method possible online or in print.

Qualifications for this position include a degree in journalism or related field, proficiency with PC operating systems, and familiarity with Quark Express as well as Photoshop. Familiarity with Illustrator and Premiere is a plus. Additional qualifications include strong copy editing skills, a flair for page design, writing strong headlines that will catch a reader's eye and the ability to work with multiple deadlines and continuously changing work environment.

The Times is a newspaper that appreciates good page design and encourages innovation. We are not satisfied with the status quo or pages that are always predictable and completely formatted.

Davenport is the center of a diverse, two-state, metro area of about 350,000 people and has an active summer cultural, sports and nightlife scene.

The Times (part of Lee Enterprises) has a daily circulation of about 52,000 and a Sunday circulation of 67,000.

We have doubled our size since the start of the new year, and we haven't finished growing yet. Our expansion has happened organically -- through demand from both readers and advertisers -- and we are focused on building community-focused websites with a mix of stories that will leave our readers coming back for more.

We need strong writers who can embed themselves in our communities and report on the stories that matter to our readers. We don't fill our sites with wire copy. We are all local, all the time. Our writers must thrive on deadline, be comfortable with taking their own photos and able to work from their homes. We will teach you to use our Content Management System -- no programming skills are required.

Writers who live in the area of Northborough, Westborough, Holden and all towns surrounding Worcester MA are encouraged to apply.                DEADLINE: 03/08/10

We are a new media company with a daily online news site, aggressive social-media tactics and a weekly print publication that are breaking the rules to live up to our motto, "Your community, your news, your way."

We need to add a versatile, intelligent, curious and accurate reporter who sees stories everywhere and knows how to tell them. This is a full-time general-assignment position with a focus on community life and some sports.

Hustle, accuracy, creativity and a passion for community journalism will take you far here. Our reporters write for Web and print and use social media to find, develop and disseminate stories. They know how to shift between daily news and weekly magazine-style writing. They produce video, shoot photos, help with layout and production and get involved in every aspect of defining who we are. We nurture a learning-laboratory environment and will provide the tools and support you need to learn and excel as a journalist in today's market. But you must have what it takes to engage and help drive us to success. We work hard and have fun doing it. Our staff is energetic, driven and determined to find what works in the today's media environment and invent what will succeed in the future. You will need the same traits to keep up.

We are located in Ottawa, IL, about 90 miles outside Chicago, on the Illinois and Fox rivers near Starved Rock State Park. Ottawa is a vibrant community in a beautiful area with abundant outdoor activities and easy access to Chicago.

Let us know why local journalism needs an overhaul and what you would do to change it if you had the chance … because here, you will.                                 DEADLINE: 03/08/10

The Daily Herald, a 35,000 circulation daily newspaper in Provo, Utah, is looking for a page designer/copy editor for the sports desk. Our sports page is award winning, annually competing for the top spot in the APSE contest. We've won APSE Top 10 awards for our special football section in four of the past five years. We cover BYU, the Utah Jazz, Utah Valley University, the Utah Flash (D-League) and the Orem Owlz (minor league baseball). We have 17 local high schools and our coverage of their teams is second to none. The ideal candidate must have previous design and layout experience, preferably in Quark or In-Design, as well as English-language editing skills. The Daily Herald is located about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Duties include, but not limited to: - Designing compelling pages for the sports section and annual special sections - Writing headlines, cutline and display type to draw readers in - Editing the wires and selecting stories and photos of interest to a broad general audience - Preparing a budget for your section on a daily basis - Performing well under deadline pressure and managing page flow for efficiency

Applicant must be willing to work nights.

The Daily Herald offers exciting career opportunities and competitive salary. Our industry-leading benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance plans.                           DEADLINE: 03/08/2010

The Express-News is committed to incisive and thematic coverage that goes beyond the crime scene and courtroom. In addition to breaking news, the reporters focus on issues like the death penalty, accountability, domestic violence and gangs. The ideal candidate should have a proven record of helping reporters develop short and long-term projects, everything from Page 1 weekday centerpieces to comprehensive weekend stories that focus on the narrative, issue or trend.

Candidates should have at least five years experience at a metropolitan newspaper, as well as strong writing and critical thinking skills. Experience covering criminal justice is a plus. So, too, is a proficiency in Spanish.

Culturally rich, San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the U.S. with about 1.3 million people. The average temperature is 70 degrees, and there are more than 300 days of sunshine every year. The historic Alamo is a one-block walk from the newsroom. And weekend trips are within driving distance, from South Padre Island to the Hill Country to the West Texas town of Marfa and Big Bend National Park.

We hope to fill this job soon, so don't delay.                     DEADLINE: 03/11/2010

We're looking for a talented page designer with creative ideas and clean layout abilities in pagination, an online interest, and for someone who can help us edit copy and page proofs.

The person hired will work nights and perhaps weekends, but you will get the opportunity to work on great stories and projects unique to our Southwestern culture and with a good team of journalists. We use QuarkXpress and various other tools common to the trade, including work with our online site.

The job pays in the mid to upper $20s in salary; much more in unusual journalism opportunities and access to one of the world's greatest outdoor scenes. For example, last summer we hosted the national high school rodeo championships with cowboys and cowgirls here by the thousands from across the U.S. and countries such as Australia. Our pages were viewed from around the world.

Every summer we host the Connie Mack World Series, with the best of the nation's top college and pro prospects playing a week in front of MLB scouts and D-I college recruiters. Many of today's Major League players got their first national exposure here in this annual baseball classic.

After that, it's the fall festivals, such as the Totah Festival, with an amazing display of color and American Indian dancing right next door to us at the Civic Center.

The Daily Times is the most influential media entity serving the Four Corners region, with a rapidly growing reputation as one of the best in the Southwest. Our staff has earned paid fellowships to such training grounds as Columbia, Harvard and Vanderbilt, and most recently DART fellowships in Chicago and at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Columbia flew us to New York to give us an award and hear us speak about our investigative and diversity efforts in battling racism and government corruption. Our editor recently won the 2009 Robert McGruder Award, the nation's highest newspaper honor for diversity leadership and combating racism. Opportunity here abounds for those who seek it.

We're under 20,000 circ., but that's big in this open frontier and we feel the responsibility to make lots of noise.

It's not for everyone. Do your homework first, and if you do apply, convince us in your cover letter why you want to be here. We live in the scenic high desert and three hours from the largest metro area outside our own. If you need a Macy's, look elsewhere. If you want a good pair of rafting shoes or a new rock-climbing challenge, love mountain biking, skiing, golf or hiking, this is the place. We're less than an hour from the absolutely beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains!

This is an exciting opportunity if you've ever dreamed about experiencing the best of America's beautiful Southwest while in a great journalism market at the same time.

Below is our standing ad, which lists more of the lures that have brought other great journalists to us, including from metro markets:

Grow West!!! Recently, a documentary film team was here to interview us about our newspaper's powerful influence on local racial/cultural issues. Steven Spielberg is sitting on a movie- rights option with a story about Kit Carson based in our back yard. Here, yesterday and today are a live link, and the outdoors adventure life is the world's greatest!

Throw in a passion for journalism, and this place rocks! (Pardon the outdoors pun.)

Imagine life right in the middle of a western novel: The magnificent Rocky Mountains within view and only an hour to the north. The colorful Navajo Nation only minutes to the west. High desert landscape with endless scenic views and spectacular sunsets right here in town. And, at an altitude higher than the mile-high city of Denver, the weather here is great, with sunshine year-round, cool summer breezes, dry temps and fairly mild winters.

Add to that: the annual Connie Mack World Series for baseball nuts wanting to see the nation's best pro and college prospects; the national high school championship rodeo; colorful American Indian festivals; hot air balloon festivals; some of the best fly fishing in the world; a ski resort an hour away; one of the most modern public libraries in the nation; an awesome indoor aquatic center that has hosted Olympic-style prelims; the recently ranked No. 1 public golf course in the U.S.; great whitewater rafting and...well...you get the picture.

Farmington, spurred by active oil-and-gas industry and retail economy, is the commerce center for the Four Corners region, tucked in the northwest corner of New Mexico and only an hour south of the Colorado resorts in Durango. We also serve readers in Arizona and Utah, making us the chief media source for the entire Four Corners region. Furthermore, we know good journalism, we have exciting goals and we aim to become one of the best community newspapers in the nation. We preach local first, and we're darn serious about our goals for quality journalism across the board. That is one reason we will continue our search until we find the right candidates.

The River Valley Newspaper Group seeks a sports copy editor with strong word skills and an ability to design eye-catching covers as well as inside pages for its two daily award-winning sections.

This person also will help produce several of the RVNG’s weekly sports sections as part of a five-person copy desk team. Sports copy editors work closely with our executive sports editor and associate sports editor and assist in on-line posting.

• Write stories in Spanish from Washington of interest to the Spanish and Latin American markets
• Keep the AP ahead in a highly competitive news environment
• Produce wire-ready Spanish copy quickly ready for filing, including multiple news stories and writethrus daily
• Develop strong sources, consistently break news and produce polished copy with minimal supervision.
• Sometimes edit copy and translate English-language stories into Spanish.
• Cover general news, entertainment and other subject matters in government institutions including the White House, Congress, State and Defense Departments, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Drug Enforcement Administration, among others.
• Pursue Latin American angles in multinational organizations such as the Organization of American States, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
• Occasionally cover events outside of Washington
• Work closely with AP broadcast and multimedia teams producing broadcast and online news for the Spanish market

• Additional Requirements
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Strong organizational abilities
• Capable of handling numerous tasks and be able to make quick, accurate news judgments
• Demonstrated ability to write and report under intense time pressure
• A strong team player, able to work with English-language staff, AP television, photos and multimedia, as well as editing desks in New York and Mexico City.
• Flexible in work hours, including nights and weekends
  

Please submit a resume to copyeditor@89degrees.com, and include references to your work.

For more information, visit 89degrees.com.