What do you do in the sports journalism biz?

And they shouldn't be, but that's a whole other thread.

 

I'm somewhere in the netherworld between preps beat writer and GA reporter. I'm at a small daily, so it's 85 percent preps. But the other 15 percent ranges anywhere from college to pro to miscellaneous, along with layout, copy editing, etc.

 

One man army at a cluster of weeklies, this after four years FT and five years PT/freelance at dailies.

Does Blackened Voodoo exist, or did that get washed away by Katrina? GEORGE BUSH DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BLACK BEERS.

 

I've been a copy editor for the last 6 years after 10 years as a preps writer.

 

Student, previously preps/GA.

 

Remember a few months back when this high school basketball team inserted its mentally-challenged manager into a game and he proceeded to hit, like, eight three pointers by sheer dirnt of dumb luck?

That's kind of the best way to sum up what I do.

 

Stringer...

 

Ex-pat sports writer, current sports PR denizen

 

Where is the "freelancer" choice?

 

Thanks for so many replies guys. I know I left out some categories, but I just wanted to get a general idea. It seems to be a much broader spectrum that I had thought.

 

Columnist, which a friend of mine says is another word for semi-retirement. ;D

 

Yeah, it comes up at least once a year. The thing I learned, and was surprised at, from the last time this survey came about was the number of non-sports journalists who read this board.