The Enid News & Eagle Is HIRING!
SPORTS EDITOR
Location: Enid News & Eagle, located in Enid, OK, a town of 50,000 in northwest Oklahoma with four local school districts and a branch of Northern Oklahoma College (NOC). The News & Eagle primarily serves Enid and Garfield County but also includes coverage of several school districts in northwest Oklahoma.
The Enid News & Eagle is an award-winning community news and media organization looking for a highly organized, skilled sports editor to join our team.
Reports to: Publisher/Editor
The Job
We are looking for a creative and motivated sports editor to cover sports assignments for a variety of high school and local community college sports in a fair, accurate and balanced way.
Responsibilities Include
- Planning daily online and print coverage for sports events and news, including prioritizing which events should be covered vs. which can be reported in summary.
- Edits sports pages for a three-day print publication and posts sports stories for the daily web edition, ensuring that assignments meet the sports coverage and content needs for each product and that the content mix reflects mens and womens sports.
- Recruits and supervises stringer or contract sports writers.
- Attends required staff meetings and calendar meetings.
Required Qualifications And Skills
- Ability to type 60 words a minute.
- 1-3 years experience working in a deadline-driven news organization.
- Strong journalistic reporting, writing, editing, grammar, word-usage skills.
- Strong time-management skills and resourcefulness.
- Knowledge of AP style.
- Familiarity with desktop publishing programs, including Adobe InDesign and Content Management Software.
The position is full time and offers health benefits and a 401(k) plan.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status or disability (in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act) with respect to employment opportunities.
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