Advance Publications
advance.net
RATING: 0/4
LOWDOWN: Advance/Newhouse properties occasionally advertise in trade publications but prefer to use recruiters, j-school visits, and efforts from local markets. No employment site here - not even a "don't call us, we'll call you."

Belo
belo.com
RATING: 2/4
LOWDOWN: Belo publishes a link to employment information for each property. Cumbersome but better than the alternative (see Advance).

Community Newspaper Holdings
cnhi.com/jobs.html
RATING: 1/4
LOWDOWN: Recent visit yielded two jobs among 200 newspapers. For the jobs there, there is an e-mail link and phone number for a local hiring manager. No jobs descriptions or benefit info. No "unsolicited resumes" accepted.

Cox
coxenterprises.com/ecorpcoxcareer/search.asp
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: We like this one. You check boxes for locales and job categories (or use keyword search) and it returns your choices. You can pick jobs to view later in job folder. Ability to post resume and submit for specific positions on subsequent visits - this feature would be unwelcome on a site with less opportunities but we found 147 listed last time we visited (many in broadcast).

Dow Jones
dowjones.com/careers/index.html
RATING: 1.5/4
LOWDOWN: Must search one location at a time using drop-downs. Mid-March 2002 search yielded one job in seven major cities we look at; college job fair schedule indicated they are hiring - where are the jobs?

Freedom Newspapers
freedom.com
RATING: 3.5/4
LOWDOWN: "Freedom Opportunities" offers simple but effective division by media type and corporate. Updated regularly. Post-ending dates. E-mail and s-nail mail info. Wide column width for listings hard to read in large blocks.

Gannett
Gannett.com
RATING: 1.5/4
LOWDOWN: Simple but potentially effective layout. Marred by the fact some local jobs are never posted, situation unlikely to improve with consolidation of h.r. in some regions. More flaws: no e-mail links, no job descriptions, poor "sales copy" re: quality of workplace. Exception: Link to recruitment at company's flagship USA Today, which offers full job descriptions (all applications go to h.r.). Nation's largest newspaper chain (circulation-wise) could do better, integrating its recruitment with its USA Today Careers Network.

Hearst
hearstcorp.com/
RATING: 0/4
LOWDOWN: When we last went there (late March 2002) most of the type was illegible (too light, broken) in the browser we used (Explorer), even though we had the requiste software (Flash) installed. There were e-mail contact links and two jobs listed for the magazine division.

Landmark
landmark.com
RATING: 2/4
LOWDOWN: Comphrensive but the organization is not very cohesive. There is a listing of properties with a few links to jobs at those respective sites. Keep sniffing and you also find advance search functions and shopping cart-like submission tools. When we last visited job descriptions were hard to read - all bold on blue background - with numerous formatting errors (question marks where bullets should have been). Internship and scholarship info is available. We also stumbled across a list of "employment contacts" for each site.

Lee Newspapers
lee.net
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: We for Lee. Simple and effective with job description, snail mail address for local hiring manager, usually e-mail links. Updated regularly.

Liberty Group
liberty-group.com
RATING: 1/4
LOWDOWN: 300 newspapers, seldom more than one or two jobs, usually snail-mail rather than e-mail addresses. Separate e-mail link to corporate HR person. Bios for corporate and regional big-wigs but no e-mail links (or any contact info for regional people).

Knight-Ridder
kri.com
RATING: Not rated.
LOWDOWN: Flash intro (yawn). Awful colors. Employment listings have been down for quite awhile. (Message: "The vendor that hosted Knight Ridder's Job Openings page is no longer supporting that service. Development of a replacement is under way.") Prospective employees can submit resume using form (lacks statement explaining distribution of resumes/how long they are kept.). Kudos for benefit, internship, training/development and job description info.

McClatchy
mcclatchy.com
RATING: 2/4
LOWDOWN: Once you click a category of job you're interested in, a pop-up appears with job titles, locations, and links to local sites with more info. Once you get to the local site, you have to click through the categories again. Clunky, inefficient if you're not tied to the prospect of searching just one location.

Media News Group
medianewsgroup.com
RATING: 0/4
LOWDOWN: Denver-based, top 10 U.S. newspaper company has no recruitment-related information on its Web site that we could find; E-mail addresses for executives

Media General
mediageneral.com/jobs/index.htm
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: Occasionally there is a listing that stays on forever but this one seems to be updated regularly with lots of opportunities.

Morris
morris.com/standard/jobs/
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: Searches by keyword or by dept. and/or state, posting date for each ad, local contact person.

New York Times Company
nytco.com
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: Always current - posting dates listed. Great search functionality and format - one of the best. We're always lukewarm about having to create a profile, log passwords, etc. but we would expect it from this company, which requires similar registration from its web site viewers.

Ogden Newspapers
ogdennews.com
RATING: 2.5/4
LOWDOWN: Publishes dailies and weeklies in 11 states. Drop-down search functions are overkill - site rarely has more than eight to 10 jobs available companywide. There is local contact info for each position but no e-mail link - just snail-mail address.

Ottaway
http://www.ottaway.com/
RATING: 1/4
LOWDOWN: Dull flash intro to home page is drawback. So is need to enter personal profile. Hidden behind all that seems to a great search tool, except when we last checked (3/21/02) there were no jobs to view on the site.

Scripps
cfapps.scripps.com/jobposting/jobopp.asp
RATING: 4/4
LOWDOWN: All openings available in one glance by media, then by dept. Detail Job descriptions. Posting dates. E-mail links.

Tribune
trijobs.com/
RATING: 3/4
LOWDOWN: Entry page to employment section is confusing; drop-downs take you to employment listings and text links appear to do the same but take you to information about properties. Once you find listings you will find e-mail links to property where job is located. Scant offerings as of latest viewing (late March 2002).

Washington Post
washingtonpost.com/wl