Job opening: Get your computer-assisted reporting on in Orlando
By William M. Hartnett on Oct 7, 2008 in CAR, featured, jobs
A newspaper job opening in Florida. Weird. The Orlando Sentinel is looking for a computer-assisted reporting specialist:
“The ideal candidate will have at least five years of reporting experience, with an emphasis on government reporting; significant experience in reporting and writing data-driven investigative reports; and an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel and Access. Proficiency with SQL, ArcGIS, SPSS and Caspio are preferred.”
Click on over to the listing at JournalismJobs.com for more info. It should be noted, as I’ve mentioned before, that the Sentinel newsroom maintains a well-known and long-standing mandatory Disney-oriented dress code. That’s a fact. OK, that’s not really true, but I like to imagine everyone in the newsroom dressed as Disney characters.
Update: And a copy editor, too. Not to mention a multimedia artist. And the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel is looking for a web developer.
T. | Oct 7, 2008 | Reply
There was no dress code when I worked at the Orlando Sentinel (1996-2004) except for the fact that it was well known that then-editor John Haile “frowned upon” jeans, even for copy editors who worked at night. Haile also frowned upon the practice of eating at one’s desk. Everyone ignored him on both counts.
The one Haile edict we could not ignore, however, was the Clean Desk policy. he actually had a Clean Team made up of newsroom staffers whose task it was to check up on the cleanliness and orderliness of their colleagues’ desks, and people were reported and warned if they weren’t up to snuff. Part of the Clean Desk policy was that all photos had to be displayed in company-approved and -provided clear plastic frames. I wish this were a joke.
William M. Hartnett | Oct 7, 2008 | Reply
And that’s why the Orlando Sentinel is in such great financial shape today! Glad he found time to concern himself with such pressing matters.
Danny Sanchez | Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
There isn’t any anti-jeans sentiment in the newsroom these days. However, woe befall any editors who forget to wear their Mickey Mouse underwear to news meetings.