The Knoxville News Sentinel Hr. Department Jobs and Profile

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Our parent company, The E.W. Scripps company, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Scripps aims at excellence in the products and services it produces, and responsible service to the communities in which it operates. Its purpose is to engage in successful, growing enterprises in the fields of information and entertainment. The company intends to expand, to develop and acquire new products and services, and to pursue new market opportunities. Its focus shall be long-term growth for the benefit of its stockholders and co-workers.

"Give light," says Scripps motto from beneath its familiar lighthouse logo, "and the people will find their own way."

Now one of the nation's largest information and entertainment enterprises, the Cincinnati-based company has been shining its light since 1878.

That's the year its founder, Edward Willis Scripps, started The Penny Press in Cleveland with $10,000 borrowed from family members. HIs commitment to affordable and accessible newspapers began an information revolution that shaped the concept of mass media. Today 1.4 million readers turn to Scripps newspapers every day, making the company the nation's 10th-largest newspaper publisher.

On December 23, 1886, during a raging snowstorm, the first edition of The Knoxville Sentinel was published. By 1912, the newspaper had grown to the extent of employing 32 people, and had a circulation of 6,080.

The Knoxville News was established by Robert P. Scripps and Roy Howard in November of 1921, with Edward J. Meeman as editor. The newspaper prospered from the start. In November 1926, Scripps-Howard Newspapers purchased the Sentinel from General L. D. Tyson, at the time a U.S. Senator, and combined the two newspapers to form the present Knoxville News-Sentinel.

Working for The Knoxville News-Sentinel, a respected, growing company in the Knoxville community gives people the opportunity to work in a friendly work environment; relaxed atmosphere; great co-workers; daily challenges; great benefits; and competitive pay.

We offer our new co-workers, an orientation program which includes: a history of the company and its mission; a complete tour; a review of critical policies and procedures; an overview of the environmental health and safety program; an explanation of the operations of our various departments and; an overview of our focus on customer satisfaction and ethics.

The Knoxville News-Sentinel offers competitive pay and benefit package, including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, life insurance, voluntary accident insurance, medical care and dependent care spending accounts, and long-term care insurance.

In addition, we offer paid vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, 401k with company match, pension, and employee stock purchase.