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Our shop is going to cover the Opening Day of horse racing at the local track and I drew the short straw on that. I've been to a few tracks as a gambler but never as a journalist. What are things that you, who cover horse racing routinely, look for on opening day for stories? Any insight would...

Wondering when people will hear back on their AFC Championship credentials and if anyone has heard back yet. Just wondering what's up as it's less than 48 hours before and my shop has not heard.

I am located in Central Indiana, just south of Indianapolis and have been a sports writer for 11 years. Experience: 11 years high school, five years college experience, three years on the NFL. Have covered NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series, IRL, NFL, college football and...

How much is it to join the FWAA?

Earlier this year, I was released from my former employer and have found out that since then, they have talked shirt about me to former collegues and those I covered. Since then, I have found a much better job with less headaches and hassles. However, I remain friendly with the publisher but had...

Over a decade's worth of experience, including five years as a sports editor for two newspapers. I live outside Indianapolis and am available for any sport or event.

Wondering if any of you have done it and what your experience was like. I have a buddy of mine from college, who worked for me in the paper business and is now headed into the world of sports talk radio.

I am at a weekly shop where my main job is the sports editor. No problem there. However, we cover our county fair like ESPN has covered the Favre saga and everyone in the editorial side (four of us, including the editor) are expected to cover it. Now we were told to take lots of pictures. I came...

Last night at the NASCAR Craftsman Truck race at Kentucky Speedway, NE Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss made his debut as track owner. There were journalists in attendance requesting either pictures with or autographs from Moss on pit road. Are you friggin kidding me? What the heck happened to...

So earlier in the week, we are told with the news that our company is upping the mileage pay. Then yesterday we get told during a meeting that our mileage will be cut per our publisher, who says, "can't we cover games and do this stuff over the phone?" Just wondering if this is becoming the trend?

OK, so our football team heads out for camp and in the morning, their facility is fine. They get back in the afternoon and it is literally covered in shirt. Apparently, the sewer blew up right in the middle of their locker room and spilled out all over the place. Working on the story, and...

I've got a baseball coach who was forced to resign after drinking in the presence of his team. Have any of you ever covered anything like this before and any advice on how to cover this aside from the obvious report the facts?

Just wondering how some of you deal with the office bullshirt uh... politics at your spots. We've got one kid who averages, on a good week, one story and is as useless as they come. However, he gets a free pass because he kisses ass non-stop. It's kinda sad to see how he gets treated like a king...

Not sports, but still: A Spartanburg (SC) television crew was attacked Tuesday in Union while covering a story about a man charged with killing his grandfather with a blow to the head, according to authorities. Three relatives of Michael Shane Howell, who was charged with murder, were charged...

So, my son, who is 5-months old, is sick. I ask for a morning off to take him to the doctor's office only to get ripped on by the higher ups because some dumbass full-time slacker has to fill in for about two hours. Complete bullshirt. How would you guys out there have handled the beating down...

Saw this on Journalism Jobs. PM me for details, I've worked here before Company: The High School Sports Report Position: Page Designer Location: Goose Creek, South Carolina Job Status: Full-time Salary: Not Specified Ad Expires: April 3, 2008 Job ID: 887971 Description: Twenty-one year...

I'm the sports editor (one-man shop) at a weekly paper and we're going to enhance our summer coverage this year by covering the minor league baseball team that is up the road. with us being a weekly, obviously game stories are not going to be the top priority, so I was curious as to what some of...

Covered a game the other night where one of the teams we cover beat the absolute crap out of the top ranked team in the district. A kid for the team we cover went off with 29 points, 12-12 from the free throw line. I was thinking of incorporating his name (Thompson) in the headline, but can't...

Over the last year, I have been the sports editor at my latest gig and I truly like it. However, during that time, I've come up with various ideas not only for sports, but for news and ways to make money and they have all fallen on deaf ears. I've talked about the ideas with the editor and...

There is a basketball coach at one of the schools I cover who is also a state police officer. I'd like to do a feature story, but don't want it to be stupid. I was thinking of writing about how the two jobs overlap, etc. and would be welcome to any advice.