Army Times Publishing Co., a Gannett company, is looking for a part-time,
on-call copy editor to help us edit four news weeklies -- Army Times, Air Force
Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times -- and their Web sites. Everyone on
this desk came from general-circulation daily newspapers, and most of us started
without a particular knowledge of the military -- so at the outset, your
knowledge of the military need be only that of a well-informed journalist.
The papers' total circulation is 250,000. We are based in Springfield, Va., just
inside the beltway. Although we cover the military, we are independent from it.
Our readers are mostly soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines. We serve them as a
daily newspaper serves its community -- the readers come first -- but you can
work here and still have a personal life. We do most of our work during the
daytime, Monday through Friday, and on Thursday nights.
There are no set hours for this position -- if you come in for an interview and
a copy-editing test and we know you are capable of the work, you'll get a call
when we have vacations, illnesses and/or large projects, and we'll see if we can
set up some work hours that will be mutually beneficial. But several people have
used this route to become full-time employees. The successful applicant will be
a strong copy editor and headline writer with at least two or three years of
experience in general-circulation daily newspapers; an efficient manager of
time; and an intelligent, fun-loving person who works well on a team. Recent
college grads with daily-newspaper internships also will be considered. We are
an equal-opportunity employer.

Please contact:
Linda Monroe
managing editor/operations
Army Times Publishing Co.
6883 Commercial Drive
Springfield, VA 22159

Or ... preferred ... please e-mail lmonroe@...