Nationals beat writer, The Washington Post

HanSenSE · Nov 25, 2009

WriteThinking said:

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WrIIter said:

Anyone else catch the comment on the bottom of that post?

I guess since a background in sports isn't a necessity, "growing up on baseball" might make you overqualified to "write for an MLB team."

When did commenting on an unaffiliated message board start qualifying as applying for a job?
And, when you click on the guys' user name it brings up a facebook page with his arm around Goofy. I love that the general public truly believes these are the type of qualifications you need to write sports at a newspaper.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/wapo_seeks_new_nats_writer__143590.asp

"I know that this is something that I would be very good at. I grew up on baseball and would love to write for an MLB team. I can be reached at 410-292-4116. Thank You."
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Seriously. Especially at a tiny little paper called the Washington freakin Post. Do people think it's a hobby or something??
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That's exactly what they think. And one that's not that hard, either.

People think they know/understand our jobs, and our industry, for that matter, based on what they see. But they don't.
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These are the types I fear will be "writing" baseball - all sports, come to think of it - when we're all in that great press box in the sky, or the last newpaper goes out of business: Eager-beaver fanboys who gloss over a three-base error that let the winning run score, just because the Hometown Hickeys were trying so hard ... either that or the sportstalk types who never get out of the studio and out to the park to see a game, but will rip all the players a new one on a daily basis, deserved or not. It takes more than a 20-second attention span to do this job.

TheHoopsReport · Dec 2, 2009

Does anyone have the e-mail addresses for those three contacts? Thank you.

nate41 · Dec 2, 2009

TheHoopsReport said:

Does anyone have the e-mail addresses for those three contacts? Thank you.
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Couldn't find any on their site, and the combinations I tried kept bouncing back, but sports@washingtonpost.com seemed to go through.

Moderator1 · Dec 2, 2009

They're not on the site.
I'll give you a hint. It is washpost.com

And hurry. Dec. 2 is almost over.

bpoindexter · Dec 2, 2009

WrIIter said:

Anyone else catch the comment on the bottom of that post?

I guess since a background in sports isn't a necessity, "growing up on baseball" might make you overqualified to "write for an MLB team."

When did commenting on an unaffiliated message board start qualifying as applying for a job? And, when you click on the guys' user name it brings up a facebook page with his arm around Goofy. I love that the general public truly believes these are the type of qualifications you need to write sports at a newspaper.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/wapo_seeks_new_nats_writer__143590.asp

"I know that this is something that I would be very good at. I grew up on baseball and would love to write for an MLB team. I can be reached at 410-292-4116. Thank You."
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Well, that's the state of mass journalism in the Internet age. Sad but true. Anyone can be a journalist in this day and age. Everyone is a journalist in this day and age. Got a camera? Recorder? Chase an ambulance, write what you see and WHAMO! It's on the Internet for the whole world to see.

Ever read some of the crap on Fanhouse, Bleacher Report and the like? You don't need qualifications anymore. I heard recently of a guy now covering a pro sport for a blog or some such thing - don't know any names or teams - who brought one of the players cookies one day. That's where we are.

JJHHI · Dec 2, 2009

Does the Times have a beat writer they could snag?

Moderator1 · Dec 3, 2009

Two. Two good ones. Not sure either is interested but the Times does have two good reporters assigned to the Nats.

goose · Dec 3, 2009

Sources close to one of them say he is definitely interested...

Moderator1 · Dec 3, 2009

Hmmmmmmmm. Well, as a faithful reader of all things Nats, I'd be thrilled if either of them or both got the gig.
I'd be more thrilled if the Times kept its sports section

Bruhman · Dec 3, 2009

I imagine that Nats beat writers for TWT would be very interested in covering the team for TWP ... regardless of TWT's plans.

What's the over/under for applications received by the Dec. 2 deadline?

Whatever it is, I'll take the over.

jetssack · Dec 4, 2009

The winning streak, or at least what counts for one inside the beltway of bad baseball, had a lifespan of one night and one short morning. A beer before closing time and a coffee with breakfast. By lunchtime yesterday, the Washington Nationals, after a brief bout with competence, were back to the same old problems, tripping into an early deficit, showing little pulse thereafter, and fully restoring their identity as a team adept only at keeping itself unhappy.
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Wow. He sets the bar pretty high.

There could be a worse gig than the Nats. The Nets come to mind.

bpoindexter · Dec 5, 2009

jetssack said:

The winning streak, or at least what counts for one inside the beltway of bad baseball, had a lifespan of one night and one short morning. A beer before closing time and a coffee with breakfast. By lunchtime yesterday, the Washington Nationals, after a brief bout with competence, were back to the same old problems, tripping into an early deficit, showing little pulse thereafter, and fully restoring their identity as a team adept only at keeping itself unhappy.
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Wow. He sets the bar pretty high.

There could be a worse gig than the Nats. The Nets come to mind.
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That's absolutely some nice phrase-turning, but it reads more like coverage of the NBA.

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