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The GPA Job Bank is a service of the Georgia Press Association. There is no charge for ads if the position is being filled for a newspaper or company that is a GPA member. For all others (including affiliates, subsidiaries and sister publications of GPA members), the cost is $20 per ad. Advertisements run in the GPA Classifieds for three months from the “Posted” date. Non-GPA members must make payment before ad is posted. In addition, ads will be published one time in the classified section of the GPA Bulletin. The Bulletin is mailed on or about the 17th of each month, and the deadline for classifieds submissions is the 5th.

To post an ad in the GPA Job Bank, send your request to sireland@gapress.org. Send payment to: GPA Classifieds, 140 Locust Street, Avondale Estates, Georgia 30002. Your ad will be posted as soon as payment is received. 

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The Georgia Press Association also maintains a free Résumé File. Job seekers may send their résumés to: Résumé File, GPA, 140 Locust Street, Avondale Estates, Georgia 30002. All résumés will remain on file for three months. GPA members may call the office at any time to inquire about résumés on file. We will help you look for the kind of candidate you need and send you the résumés.


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EDITORIAL (2)

3/7/2024

Editor

Editor – The LaGrange Daily News and The Valley Times-News; LaGrange, Ga. and Valley, Al.

How would you like to lead the staff at two century-old newspapers, in beautiful small Southern towns that offer the amenities of a large city? The LaGrange Daily News publishes in LaGrange, Georgia, a city situated on Interstates 85 and 185, just an hour south of Atlanta. It is home to a number of musical entertainment venues, a craft brewery, one of the largest collections of Middle Eastern artifacts and world-renowned gardens. The Callaway Foundation supports the community by adding trails and parks, providing affordable housing and supporting small businesses. West Point Lake offers an incredible haven for fishing, kayaking, boating, camping and more.

Just 30 minutes down the road on the Chattahoochee River, the Valley-Times News serves Chambers County as well as West Point, Georgia. The newspaper office is located in Lanett, which is referred to as the “Gateway to Alabama” and is one of the most picturesque spots along the river. This area serves as an industrial and economic hub of the region.

Both newspapers are owned by Boone Newsmedia, Inc., a privately held, family-owned newspaper company with a long tradition of journalistic excellence in the communities it serves. Excellent benefits, a fast-moving work atmosphere, and a tradition of letting local leaders create the pathway to success.

If you are looking for a place to put down roots and grow your career, this gem of an opportunity is for you. Drop your résumé to BNI Senior Vice President Catherine Hadaway at catherine.hadaway@boonenewsmedia.com and BNI President and CEO Steve Stewart at steve.stewart@boonenewsmedia.com to apply.

Job Description

Our editor is a “player-coach” who is responsible for the news content of The LaGrange Daily News, LaGrange Living magazine, The Valley Times-News, Valley Living magazine and related print and digital products.

Must reside in: Troup County, Georgia or Chambers County, Alabama

Specific responsibilities include:

  1. Implement and maintain at least a two-week news budget for print and online editions, planning further ahead as practical.
  2. Lead the necessary “culture change” in our newsroom as we embrace the 24-hour news cycle and the integration of online and print products to serve readers.
  3. Publish content that compels people in the community to purchase subscriptions, whether online or in print.
  4. Write 5-6 news stories weekly.
  5. Write a weekly column for the Opinion page focused on people, events and news topics in our readership area.
  6. Develop Opinion page with reader-driven content: guest columns, letters, polls, other forms of opinion.
  7. Write, and help others write, a minimum of three unsigned editorials each week that are constructively focused on opportunities and successes in the community and how the issues affect people who live here.
  8. Build and implement newsroom minimum standards for team and individual productivity.
  9. Edit and be responsible for content in the print edition and on our website. Help staff members improve their writing and reporting skills and knowledge of AP style.
  10. Design and paginate news pages as needed.
  11. Create and refine a beat structure that ensures relevant topics in our readership area are covered regularly and thoroughly. Where possible, match reporters with their interests and strengths. Prioritize enterprise, depth and investigative reporting. Tell readers something they don’t already know.
  12. Coordinate content for special editions, emphasizing local (both staff and submitted) material over outside filler.
  13. Coordinate and produce editorial content for LaGrange Living and Valley Living magazines.
  14. Work with other members of our leadership team to develop niche products that serve our customers and help the newspaper meet its profitability goals, including niche email newsletters.
  15. Recruit and retain an excellent staff that is successful in meeting our goals and minimum standards, producing local content that is relevant, interesting and informative. Be responsible for each staff member’s growth and development.
  16. Build digital readership through enhanced content, including but not limited to daily, off-cycle news updates and multimedia (video and audio) journalism. Establish our two websites, in tandem with our print edition, as the source for online news and information for Troup County, Chambers County and the surrounding area.
  17. Be involved in the community. Build our volume of reader-submitted content. Be available to our readers to address their questions, suggestions. Be responsive to readers who suggest story ideas.
  18. Lead weekly news staff meetings and ad hoc meetings as needed in between.
  19. Maintain a system of regular publication of public records, including but not limited to land transfers; felony and non-traffic misdemeanor arrests; and civil and criminal court dispositions.
  20. Carefully manage newsroom overtime. Limit to extraordinary situations when important news must be covered late in a pay period.
  21. Take turn in and manage the schedule of weekend reporter rotation.
  22. Other duties as assigned.

 

1/16/2024

Education Reporter

The Brunswick News in Brunswick, Ga., is looking for an energetic reporter to lead our education beat and assist on other beats. Applicants should have a college degree, preferably in journalism. The position also includes page layout duties and possibly shooting your own photos. Proficiency with Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop and Total BLOX CMS is a plus.

Job duties include covering all aspects of the education beat in Glynn County, which includes two large high schools, several middle and elementary schools, College of Coastal Georgia and Coastal Pines Technical College, and covering board of education meetings. The reporter will also be responsible for writing and laying out our Newspapers in Education section once a month. 

Outside of the education beat, the chosen applicant will also help out on the environmental and health beats, as well as be the lead on our Jekyll Island beat. The chosen candidate will also help lay out the paper daily and help monitor The News’ social media feeds.

The Brunswick News is an award-winning, five-day-a-week, family-owned newspaper on the Georgia coast that covers all of Glynn County. Situated in a beach community, Brunswick and St. Simons Island offer stellar quality of life opportunities.

This is a full-time position offering a competitive benefits package including health insurance and paid vacation time. Interested applicants should send resumes to Managing Editor Buddy Hughes at bhughes@thebrunswicknews.com.


MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION (1) 

3/7/2024

Publisher

Publisher – The LaGrange Daily News and The Valley Times-News; LaGrange, Ga. and Valley, Al.

 How would you like to lead the staff at two century-old newspapers, in beautiful small Southern towns that offer the amenities of a large city? The LaGrange Daily News publishes in LaGrange, Georgia, a city situated on Interstates 85 and 185, just an hour south of Atlanta. It is home to a number of musical entertainment venues, a craft brewery, one of the largest collections of Middle Eastern artifacts and world-renowned gardens. The Callaway Foundation supports the community by adding trails and parks, providing affordable housing and supporting small businesses. West Point Lake offers an incredible haven for fishing, kayaking, boating, camping and more.

Just 30 minutes down the road on the Chattahoochee River, the Valley-Times News serves Chambers County as well as West Point, Georgia. The newspaper office is located in Lanett, which is referred to as the “Gateway to Alabama” and is one of the most picturesque spots along the river. This area serves as an industrial and economic hub of the region.

Both newspapers are owned by Boone Newsmedia, Inc., a privately held, family-owned newspaper company with a long tradition of journalistic excellence in the communities it serves. Excellent benefits, a fast-moving work atmosphere, and a tradition of letting local leaders create the pathway to success.

If you are looking for a place to put down roots and grow your career, this gem of an opportunity is for you. Drop your résumé to BNI Senior Vice President Catherine Hadaway at catherine.hadaway@boonenewsmedia.com and BNI President and CEO Steve Stewart at steve.stewart@boonenewsmedia.com to apply.   

Job Description:

Our publisher is a “player-coach” who is responsible for the overall success of the operation, including all aspects of publishing a newspaper: advertising and sales; newsroom and editorial; bookkeeping, payroll, AP and collections; circulation and distribution; customer service; and paying civic rent. An excellent publisher candidate is a leader who can recruit and encourage his or her team in each of these departments.

Must reside in: Troup County, Ga. or Chambers County, Al.

Specific responsibilities as it relates to the newsroom include:

  • Recruit and retain an excellent staff that is successful in meeting our goals and minimum standards, producing local content that is relevant, interesting and informative. Be responsible for each staff member’s growth and development.
  • Personally write news stories weekly.
  • Be available to our readers to address their questions, suggestions. Be responsive to readers who suggest story ideas.
  • Lead weekly newsroom meetings.
  • Ensure the newsroom maintains at least a two-week news budget for print and online editions, planning further ahead as practical.
  • Lead the necessary “culture change” in our newsroom as we embrace the 24-hour news cycle and the integration of online and print products to serve readers.
  • Ensure newsroom is publishing content that compels people in the community to purchase subscriptions, whether online or in print.
  • Building and implementing minimum standards for team and individual productivity.
  • Develop an Opinion page with reader-driven content: local guest columns, letters, polls, other forms of opinion. Ensure a minimum of four unsigned editorials are published per week that are constructively focused on opportunities and successes in the community and how the issues affect people who live here (two in LaGrange and two in Valley).
  • Create and refine a beat structure that ensures relevant topics in our readership area are covered regularly and thoroughly. Where possible, match reporters with their interests and strengths. Prioritize enterprise, depth and investigative reporting. Tell readers something they don’t already know.
  • Manage coordination of content for special editions, emphasizing local (both staff and submitted) material over outside filler. Ensure content is something advertising department can sell.
  • Develop niche products that serve our customers and help the newspaper meet its profitability goals, including niche email newsletters.
  • Build digital readership through enhanced content, including but not limited to daily, off-cycle news updates and multimedia (video and audio) journalism. Establish our websites, in tandem with our print edition, as the source for online news and information for Dallas & Marengo Counties and the surrounding areas.
  • Ensure the newsroom maintains a system of regular publication of public records, including but not limited to land transfers; felony and non-traffic misdemeanor arrests; and civil and criminal court dispositions.
  • Carefully manage newsroom overtime. Limit to extraordinary situations when important news must be covered late in a pay period.

Specific revenue responsibilities include:

  • Assisting salespeople and sales manager as they:
    • Create prospect lists and manage their own calendar of appointments.
    • Meet with local business owners and marketing decision-makers, discuss their advertising needs and business goals.
    • Prepare and present customized campaigns for clients and secure signed contracts on newspaper, magazine, digital or a combo advertising solution.
    • Build creative for advertisements.
    • Service active accounts, helping clients achieve maximum results. Ensure all regular customers are “touched” at least 1x per month.
    • Meet and/or exceed monthly overall revenue and digital goals.
    • Ensure timely and accurate publication of sold advertising through careful order entry. Ensure correct billing.
    • Bill customers and assist in collecting delinquent balances as or if needed.
  • Exceed budgeted profit and other financial goals. Manage goals to exceed overall revenue budgets for all salespeople. If we are behind, come up with a sales promotion or campaign to get to the goal.
  • Manage your calendar to spend adequate time in the market.
    • Go on four-legged sales calls on a weekly basis. Meet and get to know all of our clients and their marketing needs.
    • Spend time training marketing consultants on all aspects of consultative selling and product knowledge so they can be successful when in the field on their own.
    • Personally sell, making calls on your own, to help build up territories that have experienced attrition or territories that have more opportunity than our marketing consultants are getting to.
    • Fill in for salespeople when they are on vacation or sick or a territory is open.
    • If a territory is open, manage locating candidates, hiring and training.
  • Manage the creation of marketing kits and sales flyers. Ensure salespeople have the tools they need to be successful when they meet with clients.
  • Daily responsibilities: Check in with reps on some form of call sheet – Check progress to monthly goal, digital goal, special section and magazine goals as well as VIP/frequency goal
  • Weekly responsibilities: Lead weekly sales meeting; Complete revenue and expense forecast. Check on overall revenue progress to budget. Check sales rep progress to goal using Brainworks commission report or Brainworks CRM. Check Brainworks CRM comparative reports per rep, ensure all accounts have been called on.
  • Monthly responsibilities: Calculate commissions and hold meetings with sales reps to cover commissions, any needed improvements, prospecting, etc. Check 30-60-90 promotion plan, make any needed updates or set upcoming deadlines
  • Quarterly responsibilities: Quarterly check-up analysis – includes checking to ensure goals are in line. Ensure overall and digital goals are in Brainworks CRM.

Specific responsibilities as it relates to overall management include:

  1. Serving as a leader in the building to all employees. Assist in managing schedules, vacation & sick time, etc.
  2. Direct Advertising and Circulation team so LaGrange and Valley reach and exceed budgeted revenue goals.
  3. Watch expenses. Help organize operations to produce 25 percent pre-fee EBITDA margin or better. This means aligning expenses to meet this objective.
  4. Oversee the collections effort. Personally make collection calls as needed.
  5. Support customer service efforts in the front office.
  6. Assist in coordinating with LaGrange and Valley drivers and carriers on the delivery of our newspapers and specialty products.
  7. Ensure the buildings and storefronts are in nice condition.
  8. Be a point person for leaders in the community. Regularly attend community events and meetings. Converse with leaders and become ingrained in the Troup and Chambers Counties communities.
  9. Pay our “civic rent.” Join and regularly attend local Rotary Club meetings. Join other community and civic groups that fit your interests and those of the newspaper.

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FOR SALE

South Georgia Community Weekly

100-year-old family South Georgia community weekly. 3,000 circulation. Current editor/publisher has been at helm for 27 years. The paper is the city/county legal organ and is a multiple GPA and GSBA Beacon Award winner (nine times). The paper has focused solely on the community for the past century. Owner is retiring. Family health has restricted operations in past few years. Purchase is ideal for young couple looking to build value in a prosperous community. Serious inquiries apply at 229-425-3974.

 

LONG-ESTABLISHED WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR SALE

Georgia weekly newspaper publisher is ready to retire, seeking new owner or owners. This publication, a county- and city-designated legal organ, has a long history of excellence and dedication to community journalism. Its tradition of journalistic excellence is reflected in dozens of press awards over many years.

This would be an excellent opportunity for an individual or couple to own and operate their own newspaper in an area that is experiencing rapid industrial and economic growth. Publication could also fit well with an existing newspaper company.

Real estate also available for purchase or rent.

Possible owner financing for qualified buyer.

Serious inquiries only.

Please respond to: Opportunity2022GA@gmail.com.

 

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PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE BY KAMEN & CO GROUP SERVICES, LLC

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