ways into journalism.

[johnny on the spot]

Get 'Lots of Love' off the Tory Prime Minister...

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[KPXBLN]

Your right.. in journalism, if your grammar is shit and you can't spell it's deemed as a plus point.. well it seems that way after the amount of articles I've read in various papers that have poor spelling! - Even thick twats like me can manage to get words with more than 5 letters right due to an amazing thing called "spell check"

Presumably you're a journalist then?

To the OP, you absolutely have to start writing a lot if you're not doing so already. Writing a personal blog is good, but you should also try to write for a student paper as it shows people that you can write to a word limit and a deadline as well. You need to build up a portfolio of writing. If you apply for anything without this, even just work experience or an internship, they'll throw your application in the bin - there are too many people looking to get in to journalism for them all to get a job so they'll be looking for reasons not to take you.
Sports writing is not my thing, but if you are interested in it then make sure you write about a wide range of subjects - not just City, and preferably not just football. You'll be a lot more interesting to someone looking at your work if you come across as someone who's able to write about more than just his personal hobbies.

 

[Joehannes]

As has already been said, write and write and write.
It sounds trivial but if you're going to start blogging, make sure you have an eye-catching title, possibly even one that someone may stumble across via a google search. How many hits do you reckon this guy (<a class="postlink" href="http://thebelgianwaffle.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://thebelgianwaffle.co.uk/</a>) has received from people searching simply "Belgian waffle" etc...

 

[stonerblue]

As has already been said, write and write and write.
It sounds trivial but if you're going to start blogging, make sure you have an eye-catching title, possibly even one that someone may stumble across via a google search. How many hits do you reckon this guy (<a class="postlink" href="http://thebelgianwaffle.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://thebelgianwaffle.co.uk/</a>) has received from people searching simply "Belgian waffle" etc...

'Puppies.com' it is then..

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

What exactly is a ''blogger''?
I mean you see it on the news.... they interview someone who is a scientist and it says ''Fred Jones, scientist'' and you think ''wow, he is intelligent etc''

Yet I see the news and they are interviewing ''a blogger'' and i think ''self appointed / self opinionated tosser with no mates.''
So you write a blog. How many people read it?

As stated, write for the student weekly rag, with an editor asking for specific work by a specific deadline..... then keep copies of your articles in the paper and build a portfolio up.

 

[KPXBLN]

What exactly is a ''blogger''?
I mean you see it on the news.... they interview someone who is a scientist and it says ''Fred Jones, scientist'' and you think ''wow, he is intelligent etc''

Yet I see the news and they are interviewing ''a blogger'' and i think ''self appointed / self opinionated tosser with no mates.''
So you write a blog. How many people read it?

As stated, write for the student weekly rag, with an editor asking for specific work by a specific deadline..... then keep copies of your articles in the paper and build a portfolio up.

Er, if they are interviewing the blogger on the TV news then I think it's safe to assume he's a bit more than a self opinionated tosser with no mates.

The only big negative thing about blogging as a way of starting out is that it's harder to get an audience for a personal blog than it is when you write for an outlet that already has an audience like a student paper. People who already have a profile built up elsewhere, like the Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman, can get hundreds of thousands of hits to their blog.

 

[Seosa]

Get 'Lots of Love' off the Tory Prime Minister...

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You know you would, ;)