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.

S.C. Newspaper Network in Columbia seeks highly organized and detail-oriented person to coordinate statewide print and online newspaper ad placements. Degree preferred, must have strong computer and people skills with the ability to multi-task. Newspaper or media background a plus.   Competitive salary, plus benefits. Resume to rsavely@scpress.org

Outstanding community newspaper group in a growing market seeks a news leader who is able and eager to manage news coverage across multiple platforms by collaborating with our convergence partners in broadcast and interactive media. We are much more than a 29,000 circulation daily newspaper, a twice-weekly, three weeklies and a variety of niche publications and we need much more in a news leader than an ordinary editor. Our newsroom is also home to a bureau for WBTW News13, a CBS affiliate serving the Florence-Myrtle Beach, SC market. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of newspaper news experience with at least five years in a leadership role in a daily newspaper newsroom. The right person will understand the necessity of maintaining the highest ethical standards while attacking the changing dynamics of the newspaper and mass media industry with a passion that seeks new opportunities instead of trepidation. We offer an opportunity to pursue excellence and good pay with generous benefits. EOE/D/V/M/F Background/Drug Screen required. To apply for this opportunity send cover letter and resume to: Morning News Human Resource Department PO Box 100528 Florence, SC 29501 or Fax-843-317-7291 Email-ksmith@florencenenews.com Deadline to apply-January 22, 2010.

The State, South Carolina's largest and most honored newspaper, part of The McClatchy Company, is seeking an Advertising Account Executive.  The advertising Account Executive sells advertising schedules based on advertisers' marketing needs. Sells all products in The State Media Company's portfolio (print and online) to achieve revenue goals by: developing and servicing existing, new and inactive accounts in assigned territory; maintaining awareness of local competitive conditions; and improving market share. Requirements include two to five years of responsible experience in sales or marketing, preferably with a media company. College degree preferred. Candidates must have excellent sales, customer relations and communication skills and must be able to present creative marketing solutions, get advertisers to commit to campaigns, process paperwork, perform basic mathematical calculations, and follow ads from creation to publication to meet or exceed customer expectations. Must demonstrate ability to organize individual work activities, as well as to contribute in a team-based environment. Knowledge of competitive media and marketing research is a plus. Work schedule is 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Interested candidates may submit resume online @ Careerbuilder.com, OR forward a cover letter and resume to Human Resources, The State Media Company, 1401 Shop Road, Columbia, SC 29201, OR fax to (803) 540-3041. Applications are accepted for current openings ONLY. Candidates must successfully meet the minimum requirements on certain skill appraisals before completing employment applications.  The requirements such as Math, Spelling, Typing are listed next to each applicable position. The State Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and an advocate of diversity in the workplace.

The Index-Journal in Greenwood, S.C., is looking for a talented and energetic page designer/copy editor to join its newly formed universal desk. Unlike many papers shedding staff, this is an ADDED position to our newsroom. We firmly believe a three-person desk staff is the best way for us to produce an award-winning daily newspaper. By adding a position to the newsroom, we believe this frees up members of our staff to focus on writing and reporting. That's just one step we're willing to take to improve our product and move forward in this tough time for newspapers. The person hired will have a variety of tasks. Members of our universal desk will design the news section, sports section, features and special sections. The universal desk will edit copy for the aforementioned sections, plus have some role in updating The Index-Journal's Web site each night. This is a job for a motivated and talented journalist who wishes to succeed in this profession. 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 knows clean and clear copy is vital and who wants to present news, sports and features in an organized and artistic fashion. Most importantly, we want somebody who takes pride in his work and has passion for this profession. 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.