The Adver... again

[Piemonte]

Do they actually talk to Paul Sturrock?

Of the 5 stories on thisis currently, 4 of them seem to have been copied and pasted from his latest update, with a bit of pointless narration.

The other is what must have been a 2 minute conversation with the Peaconator

Nice work if you can get it Ritson and co. I'd have your job done in 10 minutes, then fuck off home for the day

[janaage]

The Adver is dreadful, poorly written, I've given up on reading it now.

[McLovin]

I think Ritson's job would be my dream job... how do i get one like it?

[Piemonte]

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.1274784.0.on_the_trail_of_the_tags.php

Great campaign this, no wonder the police are right on the case of the criminal masterminds invloved.

I'm no graffiti lover, most of it is pointless shite and basically vandalism. but there are slightly more important things to crack down on in the town

I look forward to the vision of Swindon in the future where you can get mugged in marginally more pleasant surroundings and the mugger wont have paint on his hands. Fantastic

[Give us an S]

I think Ritson's job would be my dream job... how do i get one like it?

Become a rent boy for the board first.

[mattboyslim]

There'll be an adver sports job soon I reckon - just get yourself a notebook and a pencil sharpener, and offer to be alfie the alligator on the weekend.

[fatbury]

I think Ritson's job would be my dream job... how do i get one like it?

If youre serious this is the answer ....

Firstly a degree in English would be helpful (4 years) - this is the bit Ive got.
Then a Masters in Journalism (1 more year). Then you need to do the approved Journalists course for about another 6 months. After that you can then apply for jobs but you are unlikely to get any unless you get some work experience whilst you are doing all these courses.

Specifically for Sports Journalism you can do further MA on Sports Journalism - last time I checked there was one at Brighton or there is an interesting one sponsored by Eurosport and known as Eurosport Masters and is held in Madrid but this is hard to get on to.

I saw an advert the other week for football reporters wanted for the Guardian but they wanted 3 years experience -so its obviously a competitve field.

The other thing you can do is write your own match reports and send them to the advertiser - start your own superior website with these match reports on (ala Huddersfield's top webpage that has been mentioned in the past) - or just post these reports everywhere you can - such as here.

I was considering journalism but it was so cut throat I realised quite soon that it wasnt for me - hence I ended up in the easier world of IT and historical research.

Having said all this its hard to believe how lazy writers such as Ritson acutally are - Im sure like myself you would all put so much more effort into it if you were chief swindon town footy writer - Clive King was the best (god rest his soul) - even invented Lou Macari's Red and White Army with an article - Im sure Swindon were the first to sing it ..

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Hmmmmm....I seem to remember Clive King (God rest his soul) was a bit crap as well.

You could well be right about the Lou Macari's red and white army chant though.

[Piemonte]

Its impressive he has (god rest his soul) as part of his name.

Did he change it before dying to make sure people paid their respects?  Its a good idea

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Its impressive he has (god rest his soul) as part of his name.

Did he change it before dying to make sure people paid their respects?  Its a good idea

Yep

[mattboyslim]

Journalism generally also pays pretty poorly given a 3 year BA and 1 year MA are standard.  Then again it's a bit of a vocation.

[Sussex]

If youre serious this is the answer ....

Firstly a degree in English would be helpful (4 years) - this is the bit Ive got.

This bit is true.

Then a Masters in Journalism (1 more year). Then you need to do the approved Journalists course for about another 6 months.

This bit is bollocks. It's a local rag ffs.

You can do a six week course specificaly for journalism, and a one day course to make sure you know the legalities of what you can/cannot publish without getting your arse sued.

A foot in the door via work experience is also the best (and often only) option these days.

I fucking hate it when I agree with Fatbury about something.

[fatbury]

Well I agree the Masters ISNT a necessity but due to the competitiveness for posts on these papers most of the other candidates tend to have them these days.

The reason you are agreeing with me is because I occasionally dont talk shit ... very occasionally

[RobertT]

my mate is Jon Ritson's equivalent at Cambridge Evening Post and spent years doing degree's and really poorly paid work on free rags etc, including having to attend Council meetings and other such boring activities.  It never seemed as glamorous knowing all this.

[Arriba]

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.1274784.0.on_the_trail_of_the_tags.php

Great campaign this, no wonder the police are right on the case of the criminal masterminds invloved.

I'm no graffiti lover, most of it is pointless shite and basically vandalism. but there are slightly more important things to crack down on in the town

I look forward to the vision of Swindon in the future where you can get mugged in marginally more pleasant surroundings and the mugger wont have paint on his hands. Fantastic

surely a campaign to rid our streets of the moronic tagging bastards is a positive move?
of course there are far worse crimes but i applaud the adver in this graffiti campaign.
its a start at least