Survey of job openings

Trolling the Texas openings at journalismjobs.com reveals the following nuggets:

The Marshall News Messenger is looking for a page designer/copy editor, college experience required, salary range listed at $25,000 to $30,000. ... Killeen Daily Herald needs a designer/copy editor and will consider recent graduates with internship or college experience... Aransas Pass Progress needs a combo news/features/sports reporter who will also take a leadership role in the community, starting in June.

The B-CS Eagle needs a sports copy editor... McAllen Monitor needs a GA/beat reporter... Madisonville Meteor needs an ME, a position which includes layout, reporting, photo... In Lubbock, the A-J is looking for an experienced reporter (two years daily) with FOI knowledge to cover law enforcement... Waco Tribune-Herald needs an education reporter...

The Victoria Advocate is hiring for absolutely everything: "Copy editors, graphics editors, reporters, photojournalists and front-line editors wanted."

Multimedia interest: The Odessa American has an interesting position: a "Readership Editor," described as a "web-savvy reporter to drive readership from our website to our print product and vice-versa."

The Houston Chronicle's ad for senior copy editors specifies "metropolitan editing experience" and "editing clips that show an eagerness to challenge content and ensure accuracy or design clips that show a flair for news planning and visual leadership. Experience in management, story assignment and rewrite is preferred."

And Sam Houston State is looking for a broadcast journalist to hold the Dan Rather chair.