Tuesday 22 April 2008

HOW DO JOURNALISTS FIND STORIES (2)?

They go out and meet people. The thought came to mind when I read the obituary of one of the UK's most respected football writers, Norman Wynne, who died at the age of 77. Norman was an outstanding sports journalist, who wrote for the People for over 25 years. Norman and his colleague John Maddock knew all the gossip on the football scene because they would get out of the office and find out what was going on. The obit printed in the NUJ's newsletter quoted John Maddock: "Norman spent every Friday night during the football season watching either Southport or Tranmere Rovers. He wasn't there for the game but waited for travelling managers or chief scouts to learn the latest gossip."



There's only so much that can be achieved by email.

2 comments:

Ian Baker said...

Too right. Nowadays they just call up the press office or look at PA. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Aled Bryon said...

You need to get some multimedia on here charlie...otherwise Andy Dickinson will be on your case!