The Richmond County Daily Journal, a five-day-a-week AM paper in Rockingham, N.C.,  is looking for a sports reporter.  We cover one high school, Richmond Senior High, seven-time winners of the State 4AA football title. We also offer plenty of chances to cover motorsports, and we’re home to an IHRA dragstrip and host national events. The job involves a night schedule Monday through Friday.  The position offers paid vacation, medical, dental, vision 401k and paid holidays. The Daily Journal is part of Heartland Publications and we give first consideration to candidates who live in the southeast region. Interested applicants can E-mail pwilliams@yourdailyjournal.com.

South Carolina daily seeks person who can help manage and develop its Web site. Site is already established and hosted by a third party; however, daily changes of news and advertising content, along with exploring ways to involve viewers, will be integral to the job. This is not a job for someone who has only tinkered in Web design.
Qualifications sought:
- Computer skills, especially as they pertain to Web language, to include Flash for ad design
- Ability to incorporate audio and video into site as embedded content with stories
- Work with advertising sales representatives and customers in designing ads
- Work on deadline and handle pressure situations
- Ability to multi-task
- Excellent communication and creative skills
- Must be able to work with little or no supervision in a team environment
- Lead efforts to find and implement creative concepts to improve and expand interactive aspects to site
- Ability to train others to handle aspects of the job
Salaried position, but hours are mostly weekdays; rarely needed to work into the evening. Great working environment, health benefits and standard sick/vacation package offered. Salary between $28-32K, depending on experience.
If interested, send cover letter, resume and work samples to:
Blind Box A
S.C. Press Assocation
jbarclay@scpress.org
PO Box 11429
Columbia, SC 29211

The Newberry Observer, located in Newberry, South Carolina, is accepting applications for a Production Director. The Newberry Observer is the printing hub for six different publications, two TMC’s and commercial work. We have a Goss Community Press and Kansa inserter.  The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years web printing experience including 4 color reproduction skills. Good communication skills, mechanical abilities, graphic arts experience and prepress skills are a plus. Duties would include press and mailroom operations. Our production director will spend part of their time on the press ensuring print quality and maintenance. You will be responsible for inventories and ordering of all production supplies. 
Full benefits and 401K available. Send resume to Ty Ransdell at transdell@heartlandpublications.com

The Richmond County Daily Journal, a five-day-a-week AM paper in Rockingham, N.C., is looking for a general assignment reporter. The job is perfect for someone just starting out. The job involves a Monday-Friday schedule with some night work. The position offers paid vacation, medical, dental, vision 401k and paid holidays. The Daily Journal is part of Heartland Publications and we give first consideration to candidates who already live in the southeast region. Interested applicants can E-mail pwilliams@yourdailyjournal.com.

We're looking for someone comfortable with both journalism and video newsgathering technology to join our converged newspaper and television newsroom. Position will involve all aspects of story-telling for Aiken Standard's broadcast television efforts on ASTV channel 95, a 24/7 cable channel produced entirely by our staff. Daily responsibilities will include everything from pulling cables and operating a camera and live switching equipment to on-air reporting and editing of shows and news packages. A strong background in community journalism and/or television production preferred, but there are on-the-job learning opportunities for the right candidate. Send resume and references to News Director Tim O'briant at tobriant@aikenstandard.com. Deadline to apply: March 1, 2010.

Qualifications:
• Creative, stylebook familiarity, sound news judgment, be a self-starter with organizational, time-management and photographic skills.
• Minimum 2 - 5 years related experience.
• Mac computer proficiency including newspaper layout.
• Responsible for budget, advertising, circulation and daily operations.
• Ambassador for the Advocate with interpersonal and public speaking skills.
• Knowledge of United Methodist church structure.
• Supervises assistant.

Reports to Board of Trustees. Available early June.
To apply: Before March 15, send resume, references and contact information; a one-page writing sample from past work; and a proposed editorial appropriate for the S.C. United Methodist Advocate. E-mail to: advocateeditorposition@gmail.com.

The Index-Journal in Greenwood, S.C., is looking for a talented sports editor to lead our award-winning sports section. The ideal candidate will be a gifted writer, who also has the ability to coach and mentor writers in an effort to produce an award-winning sports section that best serves our readers. With our newly created universal desk, the sports editor will have limited work in page design, allowing this person to focus on content. Our publication covers 10 high schools, two Division II colleges and various other sporting events in our four-county coverage area. The person hired will also occasionally shoot photos and design pages. We want somebody who has a solid knowledge of AP style. We want somebody who doesn't need hand-holding. We want an aggressive, talented self-starter. We want somebody who can help us toward our overall goal of producing the best small daily newspaper in America. The Index-Journal is a 15,000-circulation, family-owned daily newspaper in a beautiful section of South Carolina. Yes, we're a small daily newspaper, but we want to think big. We want to challenge the regular parameters attached to small papers and eschew the new way of thinking — smaller staff, less local copy, lower quality. We firmly believe the best way for a newspaper to succeed in this economic climate is to put out the best product possible. Period. If you believe that, we'd like to hear from you. Send a cover letter (describing why you'd be ideal for the job), resume and at least five work samples to Scott J. Bryan, c/o The Index-Journal, PO Box 1018, Greenwood, S.C. Or bypass the postage, and the time: sbryan@indexjournal.com.

The Cheraw Chronicle was an opening for a reporter/photographer. Duties include covering government, education and features. Journalism degree or some experience gathering and writing news necessary. Photo experience a plus.  We offer a competitive salary with excellent health benefits a 401K program. To be considered simply send your cover letter, resume, clips, references to rbacon@heartlandpublications.com indicating Cheraw Reporter in the subject line or mail to Rick Bacon, P.O. Box 190, Rockingham, NC 28380.

We are in need of a self starter to cover education in a three-county area in the Midlands of South Carolina. We are in the midst of consolidating the school districts in Sumter County, so coverage of education is even more important right now. Candidates should enjoy working on news and feature stories about what goes on during meetings and what happens in the classroom. Other general assignment duties include regularly covering cops and other breaking new. Experience preferred but not required. Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field preferred. Please send resume and writing samples to Managing Editor Chip Chase, chipc@theitem.com.

Five-day daily in mountain-lakes region of Upstate South Carolina seeks night editor/paginator. Our circulation is climbing because of the excellent team we have. Become a part of it by submitting your skill set, which should include strong editing and proofing, sound news judgment, as well as a flair good design of hard news pages. Good salary and benefit package paid commensurate with skills and experience. Position available immediately. Send resume, references and samples of your page designs to: Brett McLaughlin, Editor at brett@dailyjm.com. Please no phone calls.