Can a blog get me a job?

[YankeeFan]

I don't want to give the younger folks the impression that Romenesko is the rule rather than the exception. He did something unique (at the time), did it for a decade and did it with professionalism. He filled a need.

If you really can carve out a niche in which you can be the expert, great. But you know what? I already have websites I read for expert/insightful opinion on specific teams, sports business, sports law, sports media, uniforms, Title IX, etc. And they're written by actual experts in the field (lawyers, MBAs, journalists), not just people with opinions.

Your job, with a blog, is two-fold: Write something worth reading, and then convince me I need to read it.

Your reflex to disagree with everything I write, especially as it relates to journalism, is really fascinating.

Nothing you just wrote contradicts a single thing I said, yet you still felt the need to clarify my post.

 

[Turtle Wexler]

1) Where did I mention you at all?

2) You're not a journalist. You never have been. Why would anyone listen to what you have to say about journalism?

I am a journalist and have been a journalism educator. When I post to the JTO board, I do so with the knowledge that we have many posters/lurkers who are students or just starting their careers. I try to provide the perspective of someone in the business and someone who has been a hiring editor.

Jim Romenesko's blog was a game-changer, in many ways. I'm sure there are young writers today who have an idea that could also put them in that category. But based on the odds and the personal objective (i.e. "start something new" versus "get a job"), most young writers aren't going to be "the next Romenesko" and we shouldn't feed that illusion.

 

[young-gun11]

I just want to write. About sports. That's all. (I'm not going to turn down an offer to broadcast, though.)

 

[YankeeFan]

1) Where did I mention you at all?

2) You're not a journalist. You never have been. Why would anyone listen to what you have to say about journalism?

I am a journalist and have been a journalism educator. When I post to the JTO board, I do so with the knowledge that we have many posters/lurkers who are students or just starting their careers. I try to provide the perspective of someone in the business and someone who has been a hiring editor.

Jim Romenesko's blog was a game-changer, in many ways. I'm sure there are young writers today who have an idea that could also put them in that category. But based on the odds and the personal objective (i.e. "start something new" versus "get a job"), most young writers aren't going to be "the next Romenesko" and we shouldn't feed that illusion.

Cool story.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

OK. Done? Great.

Back to the thread topic, I hope.

 

[Stitch]

Looking at another thread the OP started, a Bleacher Report blog will not get you a job.

 

[YankeeFan]

Looking at another thread the OP started, your Bleacher Reporter blog will not get you a job.

I was thinking the same thing.

All previous advice given to this poster was wasted.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I just woke up, but I am getting the feeling Hugh Freeze is not the new coach at Ole Miss just yet? Say it ain't so!

 

[imjustagirl]

Here's the link (obviously goes to a dead page).

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/957164-report-ole-miss-set-to-announce-hugh-freeze-as-head-coach-on-sunday

Report? Report is used for when you're getting it from another reporting source (hence the "report"). This should have been "source," at best.

 

[imjustagirl]

And here's the fun reaction:

http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/p/30051819/Ole-Miss-to-announce-Hugh-Freeze-as-the-new-head-coach.aspx

 

[LongTimeListener]

Somehow, ijag, I'm humming "skip to something something" in my head.

But to the main revelation on that thread: Brian Griese does TV? He can't be good.

 

[imjustagirl]