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Small, privately-owned group of community newspapers is seeking qualified candidates for publisher positions in East and West Texas.
This is a hands-on position leading a small staff to deliver the news and information important to keep us a vital part of our communities. The publisher we seek will also be expected to be highly visible and take an active role in the community.
Our publishers are personally responsible for revenue and growth, serving as our small newspapers’ only outside salesperson, while also ensuring that we consistently produce a top-quality editorial product. A successful track record in advertising sales is required. Experience in a position with profit and loss responsibility at a community newspaper strongly preferred.
Compensation is in the $50-60K range, plus health insurance and paid time off.
Email resume to: txcommunitypapers@gmail.com
The Kerrville Daily Times is seeking a dynamic, multi-talented journalist to join our award-winning team and take the reins of our monthly magazine, Hill Country Culture. This position also will take a lead role in steering several other glossy products and special publications, including directing several freelancers who contribute to those products.
Kerrville is a thriving community nestled in the heart of the Hill Country right at the headwaters of the Guadalupe River. It is roughly 45 minutes from San Antonio and less than two hours from Austin.
The ideal candidate would have an undergraduate degree in journalism or a related field and layout experience from a newspaper or magazine, experience writing feature stories and an eye for fun, creative design.
Recent college graduates with solid portfolios also will be considered.
The Kerrville Daily Times was named the Texas Associated Press Managing Editor's Newspaper of the Year for 2018 and won sweepstakes at the Texas Press Association convention this year. The talented staff strives to publish one of the best community papers in the Lone Star State.
If you're solid in the basics, have a little experience under your belt, are excited about journalism, ready to work hard and eager to learn, this might be the job for you.
Send a resume and no more than five well-chosen clips or portfolio work to Managing Editor Travis Webb travis.webb@dailytimes.com or 429 Jefferson St, Kerrville Tx, 78028. If you apply by email, this is the preferred method, please put the word "Resume" in the subject line.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, an award-winning daily newspaper in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, is seeking an experienced, imaginative and talented individual to join our team as our daily page designer. This opportunity requires proficiency in InDesign and Photoshop, knowledge of AP style and the ability to work with daily deadlines. The perfect candidate will have newspaper page design experience, and extremely creative eye, strong copyediting and writing skills and the ability to make news pages pop. The position works under the direction of the managing editor and involves working evenings and Saturdays.
The Herald-Zeitung offers a strong benefits package and the opportunity to work in the Texas paradise and in the second-fastest growing city in the United States. Please send resume, cover letter and work samples to Managing Editor Keith E. Domke at keith.domke@nbtxhz.com.
SHINE ON THE GULF
Be a reporter in a story-rich area for a company that believes in the future of community print journalism.
The Facts newspaper, a 14,000-circulation daily that is a perennial Newspaper of the Year winner in its circulation class, is seeking a top-notch reporter to round out its small but talented staff. This beat assignment will cover cities in a history-rich part of Texas, and we expect our reporters to make officials uneasy and dig out stories instead of waiting for them to be handed out at government meetings. Our staff also contributes newspaper enterprise features and long-form stories to our stable of glossy magazines focused on lifestyles, industry and health.
Recent college graduates will be considered, as will reporters with experience at a weekly, semi-weekly or other daily newspapers. This position has an opportunity for advancement.
ABOUT US: We are minutes from Gulf of Mexico beaches and less than an hour's drive to big-city attractions in Houston and tourist traps in Galveston. We offer competitive pay and benefits, plus focus on developing reporters' strengths. Our coverage area is in the midst of an almost $30 billion economic boom and growing rapidly, with plenty of opportunities for recreation and a vibrant local arts community.
HOW TO APPLY: Send a resume, cover letter and minimum of five samples of your best work to Managing Editor Michael Morris at michael.morris@thefacts.com. No phone calls, please; questions should be addressed by email.
The Full Package Deal! (CONTENT & SALES)
Editorial and Sales Management Team seeks newspaper or magazine in the South that needs improved content and increased sales. Seasoned Editor has broad experience in community newspaper content objectives, staff management and pagination. Ad sales guy has print and digital advertising and circulation management experience. We’re seeking a community newspaper or publication that wants to grow with some fresh new ideas and a strong locally focused team. Both of us have worked all over the country and possess the talent, drive and initiative for taking a publication to its next level of success, by managing existing products, developing new products and resolving the deficiencies that can impede growth and prosperity. Email: mdemann99@gmail.com