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Page 10 April 2022 Executive Editor The Times of Northwest Indiana is looking for an outstanding Executive Editor who can re-imagine the future of news coverage in ways that captivate and engage readers and audiences on emerging platforms and who keeps a close watch on the analytics board and bases news coverage strategy on users, page views and other readership trends. The successful candidate will be highly driven to grow our burgeoning digital subscriptions by pursuing the most relevant, high-impact and high- interest content. We are seeking a transforma- tional and experienced news leader to drive high-impact watchdog jour- nalism focused on penetrating local coverage. The Executive Editor will embrace the chance to grow a diverse newsroom as well as expand the diversity of its coverage to reflect the communities it serves. This hands-on leader must be an excellent coach, mentor and recruiter to strengthen the skills of a talented news staff. Preferred skills, experience: • 10-plus years as a working journal- ist. • 5-plus years in a management role at a news organization. • Experience successfully leading a large, complex, high-volume and high- quality newsroom preferred. • Degree in journalism/relevant field. For more information about Lee and to apply online, check us out at www.lee.net. Copy Editor, Paginator The News-Banner is looking to fill a newly created position on our award-winning staff to manage our daily pagination and copy editing duties. The News-Banner publishes a hyper-local edition six days a week. Our publication deadline is overnight, so the position would handle copy editing and pagination tasks between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. Sunday through Friday; some flexibility is expected. Additional hours and duties may be available depending on experience. Must be able to work with a daily news budget that is prioritized for each day's edition. The person who fills this position will also have the opportunity to assist our small staff with other necessary daily tasks, such as social media postings and website production. Experience with InDesign is highly preferred. Pagination experi- ence on a daily deadline is a plus. Send resumes and three design samples to Editor Jessica Bricker at jessica@news-banner.com and Publisher Doug Brown at dougb@ news-banner.com Photographer/ Videographer The Times of Northwest Indiana is seeking a full-time news photog- rapher/videographer who knows how to monitor police-scanner traf- fic, is driven by being first and best and is equally comfortable working on non-deadline production fea- tures of high relevance to our read- ers, both online and in print. Are you a visual journalist equally comfortable with shooting high-resolution stills and video with a DSLR? Do you live for being first on the scene to capture breaking-news images and compelling video foot- age of news as it unfolds? Do you want to help us produce high-end video programming on our rapidly growing web platforms? Do you have previous experi- ence, and a quality portfolio to prove it, showing you know how to capture the most compelling news photos and video? If any of these things pertain to you, The Times of Northwest Indiana wants you to apply for this new position in our newsroom. We're seeking a full-time news pho- tographer/videographer who knows how to monitor police-scanner traf- fic, is driven by being first and best and is equally comfortable working on non-deadline production fea- tures of high relevance to our read- ers, both online and in print. Apply today at www.nwi.com/ timesjobs. News Reporter The South Bend Tribune in northern Indiana, part of the USA Today network, is looking for an enterprising and digitally focused reporter who is ready to tackle a wide range of local news stories and help us grow our readership. You will be responsible for covering investigative/watchdog stories, breaking news and in-depth features. We want someone with the ability to dig out stories and then aggressively chase them. You will be expected to constantly seek out topics and issues that resonate with our local audience. A major focus of the job will be covering our primary county, St. Joseph County, including government actions, poli- tics, topical issues, features and profiles. But the reporting could also extend to other areas, includ- ing business, housing and the University of Notre Dame, among others. At The Tribune, we pride our- selves on relevant, hard-hitting local coverage that resonates with readers on all platforms. We're looking for someone who is ready to tackle a wide range of stories, embrace our digital focus and produce first-rate journalism. The ability to work closely with a team, as well as a strong social media presence, are musts. Please send six to eight work samples to Cory Havens at rhavens@sbtinfo.com. Apply at: https://us61e2.day- forcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/ en-US/gannett/Posting/View/49154 Have a job listing you want to promote? Contact Shawn Goldsby, sgoldsby@hspa.com. View listings at https://www.hspa.com/jobs. Employment opportunities Report for seven years. Hansen also was co-host for the radio show Weekday Sports Beat on WSBT in South Bend for nine years. "We did some other stuff in the offseason, but we were Notre Dame football all the time, and we had a national audience because of it," Hansen said. "We'd have (former Notre Dame football coach) Brian Kelly on, and we'd have callers from all over the world. We'd hear from Ireland, Canada, all over the United States. It was pretty crazy how wide Notre Dame's following is." Hansen has written two books on Notre Dame football. His 2004 book, "Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Colorful tales of the Blue and Gold" was a first-place winner for non-fiction books by the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists. A year later, he published "Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?" He has won several national awards from the Football Writers Association of America. On Dec. 31, Hansen left the South Bend Tribune, and on Jan. 1, became publisher for Inside ND Sports, which is part of the Rivals College Sports Network. He cov- ers mostly football, basketball and baseball at Notre Dame, but occa- sionally branches out to other sports when a compelling story pops up, such as when the Irish fencing team went to the national championship. In his acceptance speech at the ISSA Hall of Fame banquet, Hansen shared a story about reaching out to one of his college professors from Ohio State a few years ago. Hansen knew that the professor, Carl Tyrie, had left OSU for Appalachian State in Boone, North Carolina, and Hansen looked up his address and mailed him a letter updating him on his career and the awards he had won and thanking Tyrie for what he had done to help Hansen in his development as a writer. "I sent him a letter catching him up on my life, and he sent me back all my grades and my notations from the stories I had written when I was in his class," Hansen said. "It blew me out of the water. I still have it. It's one of the coolest things that ever happened to me." Then in December, when Hansen wrote his farewell column for the South Bend Tribune, he wanted to share it with Tyrie and again looked him up. This time, though, he discovered an obituary for Tyree from the summer of 2020. "He never let on that he thought I was great," Hansen said. "He was tough, but very fair. I'm glad I got to share with him while he was still alive." Hansen also credited former Republic executive editor Stu Huffman and former managing editor Harry McCawley for tak- ing a chance on a young kid from Ohio. "Columbus Republic was the best thing for my career," Hansen said. "The people were the best there. They were really incredible there, and they set me off on a great trajectory. I'll always be thank- ful for working at The Columbus Republic." Hansen Continued from Page 5

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