Poll: What's your job?

That's why I wanted "blogger" included... I was curious to see if anybody's making a living doing it-- or if anybody considers himself a "blogger" above what he actually does for a living.

I don't know... maybe the Deadspin guys are doing it fulltime ??

 

It's a tough one for me here. Yes I'm the sports editor at a really small shop, so I used that, but in the course of a week, I'm also a reporter, photographer, copy editor for other parts of the paper, designer etc, etc.

 

I'm surprised that nobody voting on the poll is in sports information. I know there's at least one blogger who posts on this board, at least I would assume thebiglead would consider himself/herself a blogger.

 

I'd like to announce that radio reporter is now an option.

 

I have a non-journalism job which pays my mortgage, but I also consider myself a freelance writer as a second job.

 

I have a non-journalism job because I haven't landed a journalism job right out of college. I do office work right now, and that pays the bills. I do update my sports blog once or twice a week, but I do that on the side. I also work as a camera person for the local minor league baseball team, but that pays little unless you work an entire homestand, then you could make a decent amount. I also referee, so I technically have three jobs, just two of them are seasonal.

I still want to write sports, but no dice so far. I've thought about just keeping a regular job for a few years, yet still write on the side.

 

As much as I hate to admit it and be the butt of jokes, that was LOL! I really left myself open for that one.

 

should be further broken down by market size (community newspaper, 50,000-under, mid-major, metro, big big boys). not to put anybody down, but if you're looking for the info ...

 

I'm a website editor, so picked "Editor (doesn't fit any of the above)"

 

33 writers out of 139 voters isn't really an exorbitant number of writers

 

I voted editor (a recent promotion). That's my best guess for where I stand, although you might get a better read by just lumping "news-side" folks together in a category.

Signed,
A-former-sports-writer-and-former-reporter-who's-now-getting-up-at-5:freakin':30-to-be-a-Web-editor-and-can't-believe-it.

 

I move that that the "Writer/photographer/designer/copy editor" option (which I am) be changed to "Sports reporter? I'm the f---ing sports section!"