• Sports Editor

    Access Dubuque (Dubuque, IA)


    SPORTS EDITOR

    Dyersville Commercial

    1 Positions

    ID: 204796

    Posted On 04/25/2025

     

    Job Overview

    Job Details

    Job Location

     

    EIMG N Dyersville Commercial - Dyersville, IA

    Position Type

    Full Time

    Education Level

    4 Year Degree

     

    Travel Percentage

     

    Up to 50%

     

    Job Shift

     

    Day

     

    Job Category

     

    Media - Journalism - Newspaper

    Description

    Overall Responsibilities** **:

    + Assign and oversee sports and feature stories; plan time schedules of sports reporters for the Dyersville Commercial, Manchester Press and Cascade Pioneer

    + Write sports and feature stories, taking photos to accompany

    + Create an interesting sports section each week

    + Make sure that all sports content gets entered into the content management system

    + Serve as a public relations representative

    Specific Responsibilities** **:

    + Writes accurate, fair, timely and interesting sports and feature stories

    + Uploads sports stories, video and photos to the web.

    + Gives appropriate coverage of area sports to our various high schools, based on news value and reader interest.Â

    + Maintains a flexible schedule that includes evenings and weekends

    + Edits sports material for value, accuracy, timeliness and fairness

    + Meets deadlines

    + Develops news sources and business contacts. Represents the paper in service areas.

    + Takes fresh, interesting feature and sports photos

    + Monitors ongoing news and sports issues

    + Assists in the creation of, and adheres to, WCI policies and journalistic ethics

    + Maintains a "customer-comes-first" commitment to internal and external customer service.

    + Performs other job-related duties as assigned or needed

    Qualifications

    **Behavior** **:Â Â** Commitment to quality and service. A team player. Objectivity. Capable of accepting constructive criticism; communicative with other staff members and supervisors; imaginative; representative of the Dyersville Commercial and Cascade Pioneer; colleagues as a member of the journalism

    **Skills** **:Â Â** English language; spelling; communication; goal setting; computer operation; time management, photography and videography; ability to perform efficiently and accurately on deadline. Reporting, interviewing, writing, typing, planning and organizing; valid drivers license. Ability to upload news, photos and video to the web.

    **Knowledge** **:Â** Bachelor¹s degree or equivalent; preferably two years of newspaper or related media/communications experience; familiarity with overall newspaper operations, current events, sports and history.

     

    Primary Contact

     

    13536

     

    Ali Chapman

     

    HR Generalist ,

     

    563-588-5728

     

    Phone

     

    Phone

     

    Phone

     

    Fax

     
     

    Email

     

    True

     

    False

     

    True

    Job Details

    Categories

     

    Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations

     

    Customer Service

     

    Publishing/Printing

     

    Location

     

    Dyersville, IA

     

    Job Type

     

    Employee

     

    Full/Part

     

    Full Time

     

    Company ID

     

    990

     

    Job REQ #

     

    204796

    \# Positions

    1

     

    Start Date

     

    20250425

     

    End Date

     

    20250610

     

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    Dyersville Commercial

     

    About the Company

     

    The Dyersville Commercial is a weekly newspaper published by the Eastern Iowa Media Group-North (EIMG-N). EIMG-N is part of the Woodward Community Media division of Woodward Communications, Inc. headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa.

     

    Eastern Iowa - including the communities of Dyersville, Manchester, Guttenberg, Elkader, Edgewood, Strawberry Point, Garnavillo, Earlville, Worthington, Farley, Epworth, New Vienna, Bankston, Luxemburg, Petersburg, Holy Cross and more - is home to the Eastern Iowa Shopping News. All of these communities are served by this weekly publication, giving buying information and much more.