Earlier this week, we told you the New York Times was tapping TVNewser editor (and 21 year-old Towson University graduate) Brian Stelter as its newest media reporter. Which means Stelter's old job is up for grabs, and Mediabistro hasn't wasted any time looking for his replacement. And, from the looks of it, the pool of applicants isn't exactly limited to undergraduates this time around.
According to HuffPo, the people who have already applied to be the new Newswer include "a famous TV columnist with umpteen years of experience," "an executive producer at MSNBC," "a senior producer at CBS" and "a former managing editor of Cablevision."
In related news, our contract is up later this year, and we're already fielding offers from a variety of potential replacements including multiple high school dropouts, a college student who's "a journalism major and with a minor in communications, and [has] always enjoyed the Perez Hilton site" and the guy who sells us our morning coffee.
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Wow–what a concept: hiring someone who's actually worked a day or two as a journalist. Any bets on who the "famous tv columnist" is? I say Gail Shister who lost her gig as a tv NEWS columnist a few months ago and is now being forced to cover television in general (the horror!). But at least they're moving in the right direction instead of having a kid do the job. How can I say this politely? Brian looks a little. . . slow.