Features Reporter - The Herald News seeks a writer/reporter to cover its entertainment beat. You’ll write profiles and narrative-style features, as well as cover breaking news. Excellent reporting, strong writing, creative flair and great ideas are a must; ditto for interpersonal and communication skills. Candidates must have a minimum of one-year daily newspaper experience. If interested, send a résumé, cover letter and your best five clips to Mary Jane Fine, Features Editor, Herald News, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, West Paterson, NJ 07424. Or you can e-mail them to fine@northjersey.com.

Sports Reporter - The Herald News seeks a reporter to cover women’s/girls’ sports. The sports reporter provides game coverage, writes features and generates enterprise story ideas. Fast, comprehensive breaking news is very important, but we also value enterprise and make it a priority. Candidates should have at least two years of daily reporting experience. Send résumé, salary requirement and no more than five of your best clips to Jerry Smith, Sports Editor, Herald News, 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, West Paterson, N.J. 07424, or e-mail smithj@northjersey.com .

About the Herald News: The Herald News is located about 15 miles from Times Square in gritty, newsy Passaic County. It is part of North Jersey Media Group, a family-owned company consisting of two dailies (the other is The Record of Bergen County) and approximately 48 weeklies and 12 monthly magazines, all in northern New Jersey. In four of the past five years, the Herald News has won the New Jersey Press Association’s “general excellence award” as the best daily newspaper for circulation 60,000 and under.