SPORTS WRITER I
Summary
A sports writer for a local newspaper who covers events, takes photos, and writes stories while adhering to editorial guidelines and deadlines.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- People: None other than self.
- Data: Local sports copy, and files.
- Things: Camera and equipment, computer, telephone.
Overall Responsibilities:
Cover sports assignments by taking photos, collecting data and information and write stories as
assigned within the newspaper guidelines and deadlines.
Specific Responsibilities:
Attend, report and write about sports events, performance within professional standards
as assigned.
- Use equipment with great care, as if it were your own. Expectation is to keep the
- camera and equipment clean and ready for the next person to use.
- Maintain a "customer comes first" environment with pro-active commitment to
- internal and external customer service.
- Suggest and initiate, as appropriate, new methods and procedures to enhance efficient
- operation of the department as a whole.
- Participates in the Great Game of Business.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.