Yeah, I applied...

[DPMOmaha]

WaPo is looking for fan bloggers.  What the heck, why not, right?

[wpa2629]

Good for you!

Looking forward to reading your crap -- uh -- blog!

[PatsNats28]

saw that... i love how everyone in the comments section accused them of LAC-ness.

[PANatsFan]

saw that... i love how everyone in the comments section accused them of LAC-ness.

Screw the post commentors - DPM will class up the joint.

[UMDNats]

Yea I applied. I already blog as it is so it's worth a shot.

[houston-nat]

I want to apply, but I also want DPM to get the job.

On the other hand, I could send them this column about the Nationals I wrote last year.

On the other other hand, I'm moving to England in 3 weeks and a fat lot of good I'll be there.

[DPMOmaha]

I don't know how much of a "job" it is...

[Coladar]

It's definitely not a job, and in all likelihood won't provide any inroads to making it in sports journalism. It might not be the worst thing to put on a resume, "blogger for the Washington Post", and if you are into sports journalism will offer a large amount of material for a prospective employer to peruse while reviewing your application. But it is what it is, and that's not a whole lot.

But I applied as well. I like to think I'm a pretty good writer and am certainly someone with their thumb on the pulse of the team year round. So since they are clearly looking for multiple bloggers, here's wishing luck to us all. While this position itself might be fairly meaningless, it certainly can't hurt future career opportunities regardless of the field. Not to mention the fact that... How cool would it be to be an official blogger for the team we all love on a pillar of journalism such as the WaPosts's site? I doubt it would come with any media credentials, but hell, it sounds like it would be a fun opportunity.

[hammondsnats]

I wrote for the post in HS on an intern/free-lance type gig.  Putting WP on the resume helped.

[PowerBoater69]

It would be good to get a Post byline if you're a college student trying to get into sports writing.  Otherwise if you're going to blog for free, why not just start your own blog, it's pretty easy to do on Google.  Or better yet just stick to the message boards. 

A couple years ago when they did the fan blog about the first year at Nats Park, the experiment kind of fizzled out, half the guys they signed up stopped posting after a couple entries, and by the end of the year there was only one regular blogger left.  They didn't get a lot of comments, you'd get more feedback posting on WNFF.  In the end the bloggers blamed the Post editors for the failure of the blog, there was too much lag time between submitting entries and having them reviewed and posted, one of the bloggers posted on the message board that he kept submitting entries through the end of the year but the Post never reviewed them.

What the Post needs to concern themselves with is finding a replacement for Kilgore, or better yet a senior beat writer.  The Nationals Journal has dropped from the top Nats blog to #3 (behind the two ex-Times guys) on his watch.  I've switched from the Post to Zuckerman for my main source of Nats news.

[imref]

i assume sportsfan as thrown his hat in?

[CALSGR8]

They may want a few bloggers of differing points of view.  Will see in Sept!

[strasmasndzimmermas10]

WaPo is looking for fan bloggers.  What the heck, why not, right?

Lol i applied to , they choose the best

[tomterp]

Lol i applied to , they choose the best

You might want to make sure you know the difference between "to" and "too", if you hope to make the first cut.

[strasmasndzimmermas10]

lol

[PowerBoater69]

You might want to make sure you know the difference between "to" and "too", if you hope to make the first cut.

Have you read Boswell's chats?  If the Post's editors correct his text they can fix anyone's.

[tomterp]

Have you read Boswell's chats?  If the Post's editors correct his text they can fix anyone's.

Do you really think they edit blog posts?  Some might need a little too much remediation.

[PowerBoater69]

Do you really think they edit blog posts?  Some might need a little too much remediation.

For guest bloggers I'm sure they edit the posts, for beat writers I suspect they do too, but probably not as carefully.  The sports editors are exactly Perry White and J. Jonah Jameson types, I get the impression that they are mostly entry level.