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Wabberjocky	Post subject: No Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:44 am
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	I'm glad they were transparent enough to post the pay range, anyway. I think we define the word "competitive" differently, however. Quote: The Times-Standard, the Redwood Coast's premier daily newspaper for 154 years, is looking for an entry-level copy editor/page designer to join an award-winning staff covering a 3,600-square-mile area stretching from Mendocino to the Oregon border. In this intensely competitive media market, we're looking for someone who can deliver accuracy on deadline, but also has an eye for impactful layout and a wire report that helps readers understand key issues. Top candidates will have a college degree and copy editing/pagination experience. Extra points for living on the West Coast and being familiar with QuarkXpress software. As part of MediaNews Group, we offer a competitive benefits package. Salary $22,800 to $25,000, depending upon experience.
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copynomad	Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:51 am
Joined: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:07 am Posts: 623	wow, wonder who's gonna end up with that job. maybe a kid outta school with no experience, no even an internship?
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onceahack	Post subject: Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:07 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:39 pm Posts: 731 Location: Central Texas	"impactful"
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LAEdtr	Post subject: Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:13 pm
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:25 am Posts: 90 Location: Southern California	And that's in a moderately expensive, moderately competitive environment.
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:31 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	It would be interesting to work in the smallest city in America with competing dailies. There's probably a good book to be written about how that came to be, and how it plays out on a daily basis.
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JayByrd	Post subject: Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:38 am
Joined: Fri May 03, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 380 Location: Butte, MT (almost Great Falls)	Wabberjocky wrote: It would be interesting to work in the smallest city in America with competing dailies. There's probably a good book to be written about how that came to be, and how it plays out on a daily basis. How true! There's a number of ski resort towns with free-circulation dailies -- supported by outrageous ad rates -- battling it out, and New England still has competitive markets. Then there's oddball places like York, Pa., with separately owned dailies that somehow have survived. I'm willing to bet that readers are much better informed in those markets. It's harder for the bean-counters to cut editorial when you can make the argument you'll lose market share by doing so.
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