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ESPN/NASCAR ... no jet fuel required

Discussion in 'Journalism Jobs' started by Pops, Feb 15, 2007.

  1. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Wrong on both counts.

    And "mogul," which is an individual, not a thing.
     
  2. jimnorden

    jimnorden Member

    This job sounds A LOT better than making 27 grand covering boys hoop for podunk press. A LOT.
     
  3. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

    I agree 100 percent! And if you worked at ESPN at a job like this who knows where you could wind up if you can write.
     
  4. jimnorden

    jimnorden Member

    Plus, you don't have worry about espn folding up shop any time soon.
     
  5. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    I don't think there's any writing in this job. Looks like strictly desk to me.
     
  6. mickeyrat

    mickeyrat New Member

    It's a middle level desk gig. Lots of moving copy. Very little writing, if any. You might go to a few races a year, but it likely wouldn't be as a writer. You'd chain your ass to a work station and put out the site from there. That said, it probably pays a lot better than your average prep job. And whoever said ESPN wasn't going to fold, they're right.
     
  7. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

    You're right about that. It is a desk job. I didn't clarify my point in my previous post. If you have the ability to write you don't lose that. So if you got a job here who knows what could happen in the future.
     
  8. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    you'd possibly be lucky enough to one day do lunch with scoop.
     
  9. jimnorden

    jimnorden Member

    A friend of mine recently made the jump to a gig like this (big internet site) and the pay, plus the security of knowing the place isn't going to crumble any time soon, is better than most gigs young folks get in this biz. Too bad I hate NASCAR.
     
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