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Published: June 20. 2013 4:00AM PST

Experienced press operator

Our Smith River, CA. production plant is seeking an experienced Goss community press operator.

We have 8 units that have been well maintained and added to during the past several years including rebuilt quarter folder. We have CTP operation with Kodak equipment as well.

We are Western Communications, Inc. a family owned company that has 7 newspapers in California and Oregon. Our company provides above average benefits such as health, vacation, and 401K and most importantly, a great culture and work environment.

This plant prints 2 of our publications plus a limited amount of commercial printing, which we hope to grow. This is a 4 day, 32 hour shift that requires hands on community press experience and ideal candidate will be willing to assist in other areas outside the pressroom such as prepress and mailroom as needed.

Smith River is centrally located between Crescent City, CA. one of our papers that prints every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday a.m. with approximately 5,000 circulation and Brookings, OR. Our Brookings publication is also approximately 5,000 that prints on Wednesday and Saturday a.m.

Both Crescent City and Brookings provide excellent quality of life to raise a family.

If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you. Please send resume with references and salary requirements to:

Keith L. Foutz
Corporate Circulation & Operations Director
Western Communications, Inc.
PO Box 6020
Bend, OR 97708-6020
kfoutz@bendbulletin.com


Web Developer

Are you a technical star who can also communicate effectively with non-technical executives and employees? Would you like to work hard, play hard in beautiful Bend, OR, the recreation capital of the state? Then we’d like to talk to you.

We are a busy media company that publishes numerous web and mobile sites seeking an experienced developer who is also a forward thinker, creative problem solver, excellent communicator, and self-motivated professional. We are redesigning all of our websites within the next couple of years and want you in on the ground floor. This project has already started and we need help coding the frontend design and transitioning backend apps.

Fluency with PHP, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and JavaScript is a must. Experience integrating third-party solutions and social media applications required. Desired experience includes: XML/JSON, MySQL, Joomla, Java, responsive web design, Rails, WordPress. Top-notch skills with user interface and graphic design an added plus.

Background in the media industry desired but not required.

We are Central Oregon's most comprehensive news and information resource. This full-time position is located at corporate headquarters in the beautiful resort town of Bend, OR, home of world-class mountain-biking, fly-fishing, rock-climbing and snowboarding. Position includes full benefits and competitive wages. You couldn't ask for a better lifestyle!

If you've got what it takes, e-mail a cover letter, resume, and portfolio/work sample links and/or repository (GitHub) to resume@wescompapers.com.

EOE/Drug Free Workplace


Seeking Experienced Health Reporter

The Bulletin is seeking an experienced reporter for its three-person medical reporting staff, which is responsible for all aspects of health and medical coverage. Applicants need at least several years experience reporting and writing sharp, hard-edged health care news and telling the kinds of stories from the health and medicine beat that resonate with readers.

In addition to covering the business of medicine for the news sections, we publish an award-winning weekly health section and a quarterly glossy magazine. Applicant must be experienced with daily journalism as well as long-form reporting.

The Bulletin is a family-owned newspaper with a daily circulation of 34,000, located in Bend, population 80,000, in Central Oregon's high desert.

The Bulletin is a drug free workplace.

EOE

To apply for this position, send a resume, cover letter and clips to:
Marielle Gallagher, Newsroom Administrator, mgallagher@bendbulletin.com

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