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The harshest comment so far...
August 10, 2007This made me smile this morning....it was a comment in regards to the blog stats.
I just couldn't help but post it for everybody to see and punch a few holes into it.
The problem, though, is you're not a writer. You're a photog, looking for a platform for notoriety. People read Gholson because he's got interesting things to say. You don't. Nick is trained as a writer. You're not. Do you see Nick posting pics on his blog and saying, "Oooh, look at the pretty picture I took?" No, you don't.Stick with what you know - click, click - taking pictures. Save the writing for the people that are paid to do it..... April
A few things....first of all, yeah, actually I am a trained writer. That's a huge part of the journalism program at Midwestern State. I graduated in Dec. 2004 with classes including News Writing I and II, Feature Writing, Mass Comm Law, not to mention all of the television broadcast classes I took as my minor.
Not only did I anchor MSU's weekly student-run news show, but also shot stories (video) and wrote scripts for the other anchors to read as well.
Then there was all the time I put in at the Wichitan, MSU's Student newspaper, where my first award-winning piece was for writing. Imagine that. I went on to write dozens of articles ranging from sports features, game stories, a weekly column and was the primary beat writer for the administration beat, where I covered the beginning of the financial crisis at MSU (and across the state) and the deregulation of tuition and the Board of Regents.
I could pull up the list of awards I received for things other than being a photographer, but that's just being a bit over-dramatic.
As for looking for a platform for notoriety.....I'm not even sure how to respond to that. I don't go out of my way to write derisive things in an effort to stir up people as Nick does on occasion. I haven't attempted to incur the wrath of the First Baptists as he did the other day.
I think the main thing is, people read Nick G. because he's been around here for 423 years. He is very entrenched in the community, especially with his ridiculously detailed knowledge of historical football lore. Nick is a lightning rod, people either love him dearly or hate his freaking guts.
Clearly....April must love him.
Now, if you'll excuse me, i have to go...click click...take pictures.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 10:43 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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OUCH. Jason laid the smack down pretty good on that one.
Maybe April needs to go talk to Randy Pruitt over at Midwestern about your writing and photography. We both know what he would tell her.
