Hmm, I think I'll pass on Verde Valley

 Nice location, Sedona, Arizona, area. Summer-leaning four-season climate.

The job of editor? Pays OK per cost of living there?

The job of editor? Was advertised four months ago. 

That's why I think I'll pass. Whether you hired somebody who spit the bit on you in 90 days, or else are re-advertising for something you never filled? Pass. 

Their online application, which they say they want in addition to a resume, tries to engage in age screening, too. I stopped when I got to that point, as discussed here. 

Quick thoughts on the Bezos Post layoffs and two possible options

 Here's the Guardian story; I'm sure many people have read it or others.

First, yes, DC is still a one-industry town, but pivoting to politics when Politico is already there, let alone the likes of Punchbowl for deep insiders? How will you make that work?

Second, how will you make pivoting to politics work while slicing foreign affairs? Trump's tariffs, Greenland noises, Russia-Ukraine, etc., all have domestic political angles. And, within the politics world, probably not so covered by Politico.

Per Semafor, exec editor Matt Murray says politics will remain the biggest beat, even with foreign desk cuts. 

Folkenflik at NPR notes that two people were axed in Ukraine and the ENTIRE Middle East desk closed. 

Instead of what it's actually done, Bezos had two options.

One was to "lean in" (I actually hate that phrase) to the foreign affairs angle, but expanding your voices. Maybe you don't become a Quincy Institute, but you take at least a baby step or two beyond the Nat-Sec Nutsacks™ world. Given Bezos himself being some sort of "libertarian," I don't know why he didn't think of that, to the degree he still wants the paper to be his playtoy as well as a money-maker.

The other option would have been to pivot out of national politics altogether, other than how they affect DC politics. Run the Post like the Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, etc. But, with its metro desk cut from 40 to 12, per Folkenflik, that's not an option, eiter.

Either would have been a better option, IMO, than the above. Of course, when Will Lewis was hired, I think many media insiders expected an eventual cock-up. And, other than a "Chainsaw Al" angle, it's clear there was little to no forethought in doing a smart pivot, especially if they claim they can still compete with a Politico.

Not thinking of either option shows that bazillionaires from other industries who parachute into the media world usually don't know shit and don't try to learn. 

That said, listening to the crying and hand-wringing blather of duopolists like Marty Baron is funny.  

Update: Sites like The Ringer bemoaning the closure of their sports desk? It was overextended, and in non-investigative sports journalism, Red Satan in Connecticut has been just a "little bit" of a factor. That's why the NYT bought the Athletic. Get a clue. 

GACK on Suzanne Bellsnyder

 Per communication I've seen, she's peddling an op-ed by Hawk Dunlap for other newspapers to use.

Problem? Oh, just one.

He's a currently active candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission.

So, you're offering free advertising to a political candidate, assuming you're doing this in your own newspapers. That means you're managing them as badly as the farm and ranch, which if it's like the rest of your county in the Panhandle, is overdrawing water from the Ogalalla Aquifer. 

As for Dunlap the candidate? He's almost certainly better than GOP incumbent James Wright. Doesn't matter. 

To me, this is cardinal rule No. 1 of newspapers — not giving away free advertising in general and certainly not to state-level political candidates. 

As for the election? Dems have a candidate for the general. Greens? Nobody. Alfred Molison, who ran in 2024, move over to the Ag commissioner race. 

(I am guessing that for Bellsnyder, the primary IS the general election. That's fine as a personal decision, but, beyond giving away free advertising to a political candidate, as an editor, or unofficially an editor/general manager, I would never do that for readers, unless it was a Q-and-A, which many papers do, of ALL primary candidates, or in the general, ALL candidates there.) 

Another voice of semi-concern about Hearst's growing semi-monopoly in Texas

 At the Texas Observer, Justin Miller has a fair amount of skepticism about the long-term fallout from its acquisition of the Morning Snooze, more than did Dick Tofel, whom he references. It wasn't quite as skeptical as my take here, in part from not mentioning Hearst's private ownership.

Miller was also, in his brief reference to the Texas Tribune, not at all skeptical of it, though its various "sponsors" likely have influenced the Trib's lackadaisical at best coverage of environmental issues. 

Someone at the Observer should know better. 

Ballantine Communications is not THAT nice

 It's a good newspaper company, but having a single reporter split between Cortez, Colorado and Farmington, New Mexico? Or so I understand the advertisement? If you want reporters for each city separately, shouldn't you advertise them separately?

Actually, I think they are separate, as Ballantine's original first newspaper's town, Durango, Colorado, is almost squarely between the two. And, if you are doing partnered reporters, why wouldn't it be Cortez and Durango, in the same state?

And, also, if these are for separate papers? Yes, I am sure Journalism Jobs charges for listings. But, do they charge that much?