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Company:	The Hutchinson News
Position:	Sports Editor
Location:	Hutchinson, Kansas
Job Status:	Full-time
Salary:	Negotiable
Ad Expires:	December 8, 2009
Job ID:	1119214

Description:
Sports editor: The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, KS, seeks an energetic and creative sports editor to supervise a staff of three full-time writers and several part-time staff members. The News provides prep sports coverage for more than 30 counties in south-central and southwest Kansas. The right candidate for sports editor should have a working knowledge and encourage the use of multimedia platforms – especially Twitter and hutchnews.com – that help speed delivery of sports news and scores. This position also requires a person who can demonstrate good organizational skills and be an effective communicator, supervisor, editor and writer. Experience with Quark or similar desktop publishing software is required.

The News is recognized for its coverage of high school sports, and also covers the NJCCA and some Big 12 football and basketball games. The News is the flagship paper of the Harris Group, which owns four other newspapers in Kansas and one in Iowa. We offer a competitive salary, profit sharing, 401(k) and other benefits. Please submit a letter of application, resume, three writing samples and three page designs by Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, to: Mary Rintoul, managing editor, The Hutchinson News, PO Box 190, Hutchinson, KS 67504-0190 or e-mail mrintoul@hutchnews.com.