Haha, so, funny story…
We’re not only hiring additional Advertising Executives (click here for that), but…
We’re hiring a full-time Assistant Editor/writer.
Know someone looking for a sweet gig?
Are you creative and capable? Have relevant writing and reporting experience? Would you relish the opportunity to work with some very important and powerful bloggers and politico/media types?
We’ll offer you a generous, decent salary to start with no where to go but up. You’ll offer us a great sense of humor (again, must be fluent in LOLcat) with all kinds of ability to write about politics, media and everything going on in Louisville and Kentucky in general. Oh! And you’ll be able to dig like crazy when researching and uncovering scandal.
Send your cover letter (yes, it’s required, don’t accidentally “forget” to include it, and MAKE IT FUNNY! Seriously! Put some effort into it!), a resume that makes sense and 3-5 strong references to Jake (pull his email address from the link provided). We promise not to tell your current employer that you’re job shopping– if you still have a job.
Remember, folks, we’re putting our money where our mouth is and want to give back in the areas in which we have been successful. We’re not looking for anything too specific, but would love to hire a seasoned journalist or someone just starting out who has tons of guts, humor and desire to be a part of a quickly growing business of various publications.
19 responses so far ↓
1 Taylor // Feb 23, 2009 at 12:04 pm
quit trying to convince me to drop out of grad school. you know I’m not funny anyways…
2 E // Feb 23, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Jake,
If I wasn’t up to my ass in alligators running my own business…I’d be all over it!
3 yomama // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Oh, Jake, you SO need me.
First off, in this case, *generous*, [and] *decent* are redundant (or, at worst, a really bad pairing of adjectives).
Think about it: in today’s parlance, a *decent* salary usually implies a good or *generous* one, as in, “He/she makes a decent salary over at Widgets-R-Us.”
Don’t agree? Here’s yet another angle: to use *generous* first, then follow up with *decent* is akin to proclaiming: “You’ll make a huge, average salary!” This interpretation assumes the OTHER casual usage of *decent* which implies *enough* or *average* (i.e., “It’s not a lot, but it’s decent.”).
FYI…huge, average salaries don’t make sense. Even in an economic downspin. Just sayin… :-) LOL
4 yomama // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm
p.s. does this job also include awesome, run-of-the-mill benefits? LMAO ;-)
5 jake // Feb 23, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Generous, as in unselfish, liberal in giving.
Decent, as in appropriate for the job.
Definitely redundant. That was the point.
So… does this mean **** is going under? Since you have time to leave comments, while appreciated, during the work day? I’ve heard rumors (please don’t name your employer when responding) and laughed them off. Any validity to them?
6 Betty Winston Buh Bye // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Nom de plume allowed?
7 jake // Feb 23, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Yup. A pen name could be considered.
But the ideal individual would be out and about doing legitimate reporting.
8 An idea // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I understand Jennifer Moore will have some free time after Saturday. Maybe she would be interested?
9 jake // Feb 23, 2009 at 6:08 pm
I have good news for her! We could pay her at least what she was making at the Party.
10 Bob // Feb 24, 2009 at 10:38 am
Best part of this news is that Page One is so busy you need more help.
11 jake // Feb 24, 2009 at 11:26 am
Bob: It’s a blessing and a nightmare all at the same time.
12 anon // Feb 24, 2009 at 11:31 am
Wasn’t she making $3000.00 month?
13 jake // Feb 24, 2009 at 11:32 am
She was, indeed.
14 Bob // Feb 24, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Jake, I get it. But for most of us who read Page One it is the blessing part. The nightmare is for you in the workload and for the bad guys in the increased likelihood of being a Page One topic.
15 jake // Feb 24, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I love the scandalicious part of the job.
What gets me (sometimes, not often) is the long hours and lack of sleep. I rarely talk about what I do personally, but… it’s not an easy cheesy job most of the time. I love it, but it’s just not.
And it’s surprising (to me, anyway) that we’ve been able to develop a business that allows us to hire more than support staff– actual journalists– to help move us along. Terribly humbling and exciting all at the same time.
16 Bob // Feb 24, 2009 at 8:03 pm
No doubt you will get lots of interested contacts, especially these days. I hope there are a few good applications from which you can choose. Then you can give the newbie the early morning/late night assignments you don’t need to cover yourself. Good luck with the search. Page One has been an interesting place to come since returning to Louisville. God and most people around here know that the CJ for some time hasn’t been the newspaper we grew up with.
17 jake // Feb 24, 2009 at 9:56 pm
The problem is there are far too many great applicants to choose from.
Personal note: My goal isn’t really to assign anyone to do the stuff I don’t want to write – but to write the same stuff I love to write, to do the same research, the same digging. All so there will be more of it.
We want to hire someone who has serious drive and a desire to be out on the front lines.
18 Bailey // Feb 28, 2009 at 1:58 am
Jake…I am on my way. I can get it, investigate it and write it…but I can’t edit it. Just give me a minute to throw you a cover letter together and we’ll discuss where my new desk will be…
Sample stuff from CJ
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=pluckpersona&U=f03955bdcf0742b893c367abad86abf5
19 Steve // Apr 17, 2009 at 4:21 pm
Jake, I’d love to work for you, but I’d rather play with you.
And therein lies the rub (pun intended).
You’d eventually fire me and tell me to write a book called “The Audacity of Harassment.”
Alas, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that it would never work.
I’m old enough to be your sugar daddy, after all. Oh, and I’m broke too. Is that another strike?
Seriously, I and countless others enjoy the service you provide. And we enjoy the blog too.
So progressives unite and (continue to) tip Jake and Rick whenever Jim Bunning has a brain fart. In other words, early and often.
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