Navarre Press, located in a beautiful beach community in Northwest Florida, is seeking a community newspaper sports journalist who enjoys game day stories as well as profiles on the everyday athlete. Our ideal candidate will cover all aspects of high school and intramural community sports which also include little league, surfing, fishing, volleyball, paddle boarding and kayaking just to name a few.  Understanding how to use photos and video to tell stories is a plus as well as the ability to work on some general assignment reporting if the game gets rained out.

Navarre Press is a high-quality news organization that has won the general excellence awards many times as well as more than a hundred of other journalism awards since our founding ten years ago. We are an AP member newspaper and enjoy all the benefits that AP can bring to our journalists. No high maintenance people need apply - only people that want to practice good journalism and have fun while pursuing their passion of reporting a good news story. Please send two examples of investigative/watchdog stories or projects you've completed, as well as five more examples of newspaper writing such as features, spot news, etc.

Your cover letter should include what you know about the Florida Panhandle, a paragraph about why you are passionate about journalism, a resume and three samples of your writing to jobs@navarrepress.com.  We will look at applicants that want a part-time position as well as full-time.. E-mail submissions preferred. Send info to jobs@navarrepress.com or mail to Editor, Navarre Press, 7502 Harvest Village Court, Florida, 32566. No phone calls please.