General Chat / Im a Freelance Sports Writer

Im the third article down

I messed up on keeping track of the stats tho, so there was no stat box was used... rookie errors, but they are going to give me a second chance. So yeah, I got canned from the campus newspaper and got a gig with one of the biggest newspapers in the country!

Congrats!

You shouldn't give Kumba congratulations, Marsh. After all, when you made a topic for a new job, it got locked....

lol...

After doing one game right at the end of last season the editor remembered me and last month I got called up to cover this high school football season. Had my third game piece published today, imo the best (third game down). Soon I might get to do some features, so then it will look more like a read article. Also on Thursday I take call-in scores from vollyball, golf and swimming matches.

Pretty decent.

"Senior running back Jimmy Grant ran for 117 yards and the Pioneers' two touchdowns."

I think that should read "Senior running back Jimmy Grant ran for 117 yards including both of the Pioneers' touchdowns"

And there was no way of knowing what town the Pioneers and Trojans were from as far as I could tell until you found out who won.

Edited by Comet, 12 September 2009 - 05:39 PM.

That was one of the small changes they made, I said Jimmy Grant led North Miami ect... Also im not sure why they mix the mascot names and school names, but thats how I have seen it done since I started a few years ago. Thanks for the feedback.

Wow. I'm impressed. You seem to be doing quite well. Maybe one day you'll be a senior editor or something.

I'll tell you what, though, you've either learned a lot about spelling, or you have someone watching your six. Because I remember all the posts you used to make... An English teacher's worst nightmare.

Edited by FullMetal, 12 September 2009 - 08:01 PM.