Sports Reporter - News - Local News

Lee Enterprises Inc   Glens Falls, NY   Full-time     Writing / Editing
Posted on September 12, 2023
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The Post-Star seeks a crossover local sports-and-news writer to work with the sports editor and step in to help with editing and production during major events and occasionally to step in for the sports editor during vacation and sick days. Top candidates will have work or internship experience in sports writing or have an educational background in sports journalism or a related field. They will be well-versed in various sports, especially high school sports, and understand the language and jargon most often used in sports coverage. Top candidates will be equally comfortable writing play-by-play stories directly after games as well as profiles of athletes. The preferred candidate will also be willing to cover sports-adjacent stories, such issues and trends affecting local sports, or stories highlighting recreational activities or informal leagues. Top candidates will have experience, in work or education, with shooting and editing photos and video. They will have an understanding of AP sports style and will be able to work accurately on deadline to produce stories for print and online publication. Some of the person's time weekly will be spent in the news department working with the news editor. Weekend and night work will be required. An associate degree or higher is required.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

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Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If

you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.