Don't know if that's good career advice, but I think we can all agree that whatever passes as opinion writing (left or right) is now so interchangeably conformist and boilerplate it might as well have been churned out by 3 algorithms
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/if-you-want-…
freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/if-you-want-…
with a handful of exceptions, I can barely name any journo who is saying anything remotely interesting, or memorable, or who couldn't be replaced by 100 twitter randos without anybody noticing
I kinda have a 4-part writer test:
1. do they write about interesting topics nobody else is covering?
2. do they write in a unique, entertaining, or surprising style?
3. do they seem to know what they're talking about?
4. am I learning anything from reading them?
1. do they write about interesting topics nobody else is covering?
2. do they write in a unique, entertaining, or surprising style?
3. do they seem to know what they're talking about?
4. am I learning anything from reading them?
*Sorry, but expressing your OUTRAGE or deadpan unpunctuated ironic sarcasm on the Twitter Journo Mob Topic du Jour isn't unique, interesting, or surprising.
Please note that's just my personal taste as a journalism consumer, and certainly not career advice.
If you actually want get a job offer at a media outlet, I recommend writing the same shit in the same way as all their other writers, but at a lower price.
If you actually want get a job offer at a media outlet, I recommend writing the same shit in the same way as all their other writers, but at a lower price.
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