June 19, 2013

While We’re Waiting… Profiling Jawad, Judge LeBron James, and Tribe Job Openings

While We’re Waiting serves as the early morning gathering of WFNY-esque information for your viewing pleasure. Have something you think we should see? Send it to our tips email at tips@waitingfornextyear.com

Jawad WilliamsSpotlight on Jawad Williams: “Sometimes you’re misunderstood as arrogant when you’re really just quiet. Sometimes you’re seen as an undersized power forward when you’re just really a small forward trapped in a 6-foot-9 body. And sometimes you have to travel all the way around the world over the course of four years before you can come back to your hometown, play for the team you dreamt of starring for, alongside the good friend called the best anywhere, and then go home to your family and the gym where you first learned to love the game.

And sometimes you have to travel all the way around the world over the course of four years before you can come back to your hometown, play for the team you dreamt of starring for, alongside the good friend called the best anywhere, and then go home to your family and the gym where you first learned to love the game.” [Jodie Valade/Plain Dealer]

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Want to be the Tribe’s Beat Reporter?

radio mikeHey, you.  Interested in working in the sports field?  Can you tolerate the Cleveland Indians? Feel like covering all of the underperformance, injuries and managerial job candidates from the inside?  Do you have some experience on the radio and the ability to record a quick mp3 file?  Then Clear Channel is looking for you!

WTAM/1100AM has recently posted an opening for their beat reporter to cover the Tribe.

Newsradio WTAM 1100 offers a full time opportunity in sports as the Indians beat reporter. Additional duties include hosting sports talk shows, anchoring sportcasts and maintaining sports pages on WTAM.com.

The chosen candiate will get to report through various mediums and apparently will have a solid amount of exposure.  Apply within, folks.