50p Wants a media job

[IanDavies]

In order to feel motivated to have anything as emotive as a “strop” I would first need to care about a subject.

I simply had a passing interest in a “….wants a media job” thread from someone but then lost what little interest I had when they directly contradicted themselves and said actually they didn’t.

But given your apology I’ve revisited the subject and have now actually read what you’ve written.

You’ve hit the deadline, written to length and followed the brief.

That’s a hat-trick plenty of professional journalists fail regularly to achieve so I reckon there are plenty of positives to take.

It might or might not be what your Editor was looking for, but I reckon you’d have shown enough to suggest you’re a team player who might eventually be moulded into what they’re looking for and you might just have got your foot in the door.

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[FiftyP]

A new blog is up.

What else is it about other than Shishkin and Energumene, and of course the pub.

A Hole in the Universe – Shishkin v Energumene

[JJMSports]

Unfortunately, there’s no money in the game anymore, alas.

[BigG]

God knows I’m no expert FiftyP, I’ve proven that on here often enough, but I like the
cut of your jib. It’s one thing reporting facts, but it’s entirely a horse of a different
colour to capture the essence of the thing. I could smell and even taste it from the comfort
of under my duvet reading your blog. Job done I’d say

[FiftyP]

Thanks a million, BigG! That’s a lovely thing to say.

I have to give a bit of credit to Rory Fraser. He’s an amateur photographer who tries to get to meets and was at Ascot on Saturday. I was messaging him Sunday night and he agreed to give me a few of his snaps of the race. I was too impatient in waiting for them so put the blog up when I did but he got the photos to me later that day.

If you looked at the article and there were no photos from the race you should click through again to see them. They add quite a bit! There’s a link to Rory’s website with a lot more photos of Saturday and other races than what’s on my site.

I will say it’s both good and bad there’s the likes of me and Rory (and many more) knocking away at this type of stuff for the fun/love of it. We (or me at least) are very lucky we’re in a position where we can both watch the racing and write, podcast, make vlogs or take photos around the whole of the industry. It’s bad because there’s many who will never have the opportunity because their family life, or work life, or just general situation can’t provide them the freedom or finances to do it. And then on top of that there’s arguments in pretty much every niche area (especially photography,) that amateurs providing their work for nowt are taking away from the people trying to make it their living. It’s a tough line to walk, people who are able to plug away for no reward other than the thing itself, people who feel the people doing it for nothing are diluting what the powers that be will pay for their work, and people who never got the opportunity or can’t do the work because of the lack of money. I can’t say I know how to thread that very small needle, other than saying I don’t feel I’m taking away from what anyone else does.

[FiftyP]

Another blog.

Paying for Racing? – An Emotional Bet

For those wondering about the Thyestes I had Mister Fogpatches each way.

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