Openings at the Las Vegas Review-Journal

I was surprised to see this ad at JournalismJobs.com:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal, circulation 165,000 daily/240,000 Sunday, is looking for aggressive and enterprising reporters who refuse to be beaten, and have the clips to prove it. We seek an experienced government reporter, a tenacious watchdog with a record of exposing public corruption. For anticipated openings, we also seek reporters who thrive on covering all manner of breaking news, including crime stories. Send resume, cover letter and a half dozen clips or more to City Editor Mary Hynes, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070. No e-mail applications, please.

The Review-Journal is the paper of record for Vegas, and as a major metropolitan daily, they can afford to only hire the best and most experienced. Surprisingly, they’re not limiting their search like that. I think the odds that a relative rookie could get hired there are slim, but it’s nice to see them casting such a wide net in their search for the right writers. The New Orleans Times-Picayune did something similar last year.

And no, no plans to apply or leave the Star right now, although both the Review-Journal and Times-Picayune are the types of paper where I could happily spend the rest of my career; I was just looking out of curiosity, given that our intern is looking for a long-term job.

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