High School Sports Clerk
Summary
Part-time role editing and formatting high-school sports statistics for print and digital publication, proofing pages, and coordinating with editors under tight deadlines.
The Dallas Morning News has an opening for a part-time sports clerk. This position's primary job will be to edit and format statistical information for print and digital use.
Job Responsibilities:
Data entry of raw statistics
Communicating with other editors so stats complement stories and fit available space
Proofing pages for errors in headlines, stories and captions
Occasionally answering phones and taking dictation of results or stories
Here’s our list of preferred skills and experience: (Please note this is not a checklist of requirements, but
should be considered as a pool of preferred qualifications. If you can already do some of these things, great. If
you're excited about figuring out how to do all of them, great! We'd love to hear from you either way.)
1-3 years of journalism experience; bachelor's degree or progress toward
Broad knowledge of sports and their statistics
An eye for detail and accuracy
Ability to multi-task
Capable of performing under tight deadlines
Ability to design pages is a plus
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