Sports Editor

Adams Publishing Group - Elizabeth City, NC

Full-time - Entry Level

Elizabeth City, NC

Printing and Related Support Activities

About the position

The Daily Advance is seeking an energetic and dedicated Sports Editor to manage the department covering sports-related news and events in and around Elizabeth City and surrounding counties. This role is pivotal in providing comprehensive local sports coverage, which includes game coverage, features, preps notebook, enterprise reporting, and selecting high school all-star teams by sport. The ideal candidate must be comfortable with taking photos and video, as well as adept at using social media for storytelling and to find story ideas. The position requires a commitment to regularly working nights and occasionally working weekends, ensuring that the sports section remains vibrant and engaging for the community.

Responsibilities

• Provide local sports coverage of events, including writing, photography, and occasionally videography
• Cultivate and manage sources in the community to provide submitted sports content
• Sports feature writing
• Responsible for all content in sports section pages
• Coordinate special sports tabs
• Meet deadlines and ensure content providers meet schedules as well
• Occasional General Assignment reporting

Requirements

• Education: College degree preferred
• Previous experience in Journalism, Sports Writing preferred
• Excellent knowledge of language, grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively both verbally and in writing
• Work requires willingness to work a flexible schedule

Benefits

• Medical (split between employer and employee)
• Dental and vision options (employee paid)
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Term life insurance policy
• Paid leave accrued per pay period
• 401K retirement plan
• Paid holidays (six major holidays)