Sports Editor - Hickory Daily Record

Lee Enterprises Inc   Hickory, NC   Full-time     Writing / Editing
Posted on September 5, 2023
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Hickoryrecord.com and the Hickory Daily Record, a Lee Enterprises company, are seeking a sports-minded journalist to join our award-winning staff. We are looking for someone who will lead our sports efforts on the digital front and in our 3-day-a-week print product.

We relish feature stories about athletes in the Hickory region, as well as analysis pieces that look ahead with insight. The best candidates will have excellent grammar and spelling skills, a solid base of ethical decision-making and the ability to work independently. Top candidates must be able to meet deadlines and adapt to digital trends.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If

you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.