Iole: When in doubt, do more reporting

[HanSenSE]

Nice piece by Yahoo! boxing/MMA writer Kevin Iole on the craft. Deserves a little exposure here as well as his webpage:

When in doubt, do more reporting

 

[BDC99]

Nice piece by Yahoo! boxing/MMA writer Kevin Iole on the craft. Deserves a little exposure here as well as his webpage:

When in doubt, do more reporting

Sorry, but there's nothing here that most of us don't know already. But yes, it's all sound advice for young writers, which is all it aims to be, I suppose.

 

[BDC99]

And I'm sure I wasn't the only one wondering WTF is a lole!

 

[Doc Holliday]

What is this, freshman year "introduction to journalism"?

 

[HanSenSE]

No offense intended toward veteran posters and journos, of course. But lets not pretend those are the only ones posting and reading here. We do have quite a few threads from those wanting to learn about the business and that's who this was aimed at.

 

[BDC99]

No offense intended toward veteran posters and journos, of course. But lets not pretend those are the only ones posting and reading here. We do have quite a few threads from those wanting to learn about the business and that's who this was aimed at.

Fair enough. I acknowledged (said!) as much. It is all good advice for beginners.