Recent content by JPsT

$60,008 - $69,992 in the Bay Area for a 'big boy job'? Good opportunity, but good luck.

Trenton Makes, The World Takes

If the idea is good enough to sell after being written, it should be good enough to pitch somewhere and have an agreement in place when you request the interviews and then write the thing. Don't put in the work if you're not sure you're going to get paid.

This is where I landed too. I enjoyed it but felt like the crew leaned too heavily on Te'o and Naya. They're big 'gets' that make the doc worth doing, but there could've been more context from friends, those around Naya at the time and even writers/broadcasters who got had.

You can't fire me, I quit!

Hey Bob! You can just use your camera to take the video and then upload the video from your saved library into a tweet using the Twitter app, just make sure Twitter has permission to access the videos. Alternatively, you can record a video directly from Twitter but seems a bit risky. Keep in...

This is my biggest red flag. What makes you think you could get to 1,000 people paying for the product? While I agree with what another poster said about this seeming a bit hasty, it also seems like you've thought out a fair amount of scenarios. My advice would be to go for it. Make the change...

Yeah, this is the move. Simple publishing interface and when you're done with each 'blog' it just fires it out to all the friends, former coworkers and randoms who found you to remind them to read. Or, they don't sign up for emails and it just lives as a blog.

It's not even a secret.

I don't think either of you are wrong here. On the one hand, we all have felt the harsh slap of 'the market', know there are no jobs, understand cutbacks, etc. We've seen a lot of hiring decisions that aren't fair or make no sense. On the other, it's very easy to get complacent. A huge issue...

Who gives a f*** what those people think? They're not going to believe your story no matter what you do unless it fits into their narrative. She has a legitimate reason for not wanting her name out there, but you have a way to still present her perspective to your audience.

I think you mean 'SEO wars effects: Screams for mothers, seminars on algorithms and 10 more things survivors will never forget'

I mean...a quick Zillow search shows lower-end rent at $600/month with 1-bedroom apartments to be had in the hipper parts of town for $1,000 or so. The OKC median income is $47,004. Nerdwallet's Cost of Living calculator says it's 115% cheaper to live in OKC than in Brooklyn. I think you'd be on...

Wholeheartedly agree. Trashing on "talk about" is a favorite pastime of reporters who ask questions that suck but do it in complete sentences. We all have our crutches. Try as I might, I keep lobbing "How important...?" questions and getting "Very important." answers.

I'm also confused by this complaint. I subscribed last season for The Athletic's college football coverage and really enjoy it even though they don't have a beat writer for my school. Andy Staples is the only national writer I read that they haven't picked up. There are legitimate criticisms to...