You may also be able to attend local events as a freelancer and then sell your “from the frontline” stories to publications across the globe. So I’ll pass on this one, but will be curious to see what folks come up with. Perhaps I will try that. Another option available to today’s talented journalists is freelancing. Tag your post with DPchallenge and include a link to this post to generate a pingback. Writing Challenges help you push your…. To the left, a family of four, with a boy, aged five and a newborn infant girl.

Hi @Marilyn, agreed — HST is not someone I would say has universal appeal. Much safer than LSD , Souds like an exciting journey into blogging! In journalism, it’s all about the market. To become a gonzo journalist like Hunter S. Thompson, you’ll need to be flexible enough to meet the ever-changing demands of publications, which may include travel writing, essay writing and standard news writing with a first-person narrative approach. Wow!

Thanks for posting the link to your entry, just in case!

I guess, being a woman in this journalism “field” is tough! Many journalists choose this route because it gives them the freedom to write in the gonzo style with every story they write, tailoring it to a specific publication rather than working full time for a publication that may require the style to be mixed with the standard style of third-party, objective reporting. a wide-eyed newbie retelling your adventure?

As a journalist, you have plenty of options when it comes to your talent for first-person narrative reporting.

Make sure your post has been specifically published in response to this challenge. Super fun challenge…. Open Culture: How Hunter S. Thompson Gave Birth to Gonzo Journalism: Short Film Revisits Thompson’s Seminal 1970 Piece on the Kentucky Derby, The Write Life: 19 Websites and Magazines That Want to Publish Your Personal Essays, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Reporters, Correspondents and Broadcast News Analysts, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Authors, Study.com: Salary and Career Info for a Travel Writer, The University of Arizona School of Journalism: How to Find an Internship.

Tried my hand it…Chose the *break up* option We blog for a million different reasons, but in the end we’re all storytellers.

You don’t need a specific internship as a gonzo journalist. THEY made me do it (but I won’t tell you who THEY are, not even if you torture me). Might I suggest experimenting with vernacular-heavy dialogue as part of a challenge entry? He doesn’t say, “naked horses,” he says “nekkid horses.”. That’s a race jut for fillies.” He was laughing wildly. She worked for the State of Tennessee for 19 years, the latter six of which were spent as a supervisor. Reporting for your campus newspaper, TV station or radio station can give your resume a big boost, but most journalism degree programs also include an internship requirement. In the world they are a few doing Gonzo journalism and most of them are unfortunately men. Publications and websites are always looking for writers who can cover various destinations, and many want you to visit the locations in person and tell the story from a first-person perspective. Hi @Tom, a pingback is a link to this post, somewhere in the post your write for this challenge. This means you’ll need to dedicate part of one semester or your summer break to working for a newspaper, magazine, TV station or radio station in exchange for college credit.

Consider this passage from the opening of The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved: In the air-conditioned lounge I met a man from Houston who said his name was something or other — “but just call me Jimbo” — and he was here to get it on. http://katcareitoblog.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/weekly-writing-challenge/. This kind of writing doesn’t start behind your desk or with a blinking cursor in Google’s search box. The goal is to stretch your writing style by experimenting with and emulating a new form.

Definitely should be tried! Hunter S. Thompson was an American author and writer. So what about the rest of us? You can read the entire piece if you like. i was just thinking that too. Thanks! Copyright 2020 Leaf Group Ltd. / Leaf Group Media, All Rights Reserved.

One of the biggest differences between a gonzo journalist and a standard reporter is that a journalist must be willing to participate in the story. It may not work on Blogspot if Blogspot doesn’t support pingbacks. “Is that what you got there — cameras? Points for very clever pingback and for the kicker at the end of your post.

Choose one of … If you take a peek at the list of pingbacks below (they get generated automatically), you’ll see that @BP’s post is number five on the pingback list. There is no doubt that Hunter S Thompson's books are great, but as far as objective journalism they are far from it. You’re welcome to adapt the challenge to your needs as you see fit.

Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. . You can pursue a staff position with a newspaper, magazine or TV station depending on your own style. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. This works on WordPress.com blogs. Report on one event/gathering/happening from your week in Gonzo journalism style. I hope points are deducted from any post that assumes all Canadians say “Eh?” , Or that all Texan’s say y’all…. “Hell yes! As a gonzo journalist working for yourself, you’ll need to be good at marketing your work and pitching editors.

What’s wrong with you, boy?” He grinned and winked at the bartender. *Cat*, Here’s my Gonzo attempt: http://jgtravels.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/prior-to-the-pageant/, Hope I did this right. I’m going to try it and we’ll see how I do. “Goddam, we gotta educate this boy. Worked for Coleridge! The important thing is that you’ve learned to write in true journalistic style and that you can meet deadlines and handle the pressure that comes with chasing down a story.

While the majority of full-time freelance journalists report salaries of between $20,000 and $30,000, there are freelancers who make more than $50,000, with a select few making six-figure salaries.

If you grew up reading Hunter S. Thompson books and gonzo journalism articles, you already have a head start on the education you’ll need to become that type of journalist. Typical salaries based on years of experience are as follows: However, as newsrooms have reduced staff positions, more journalists have shifted toward freelance work. Sure I will do it today for the first time and I will choose the third situation…”couple breaking up”.. so just wait for my ping to appear. Hunter S. Thomspon, father of Gonzo journalism. The event can be anything from your... Write at least three paragraphs reporting on a scenario that you imagine in Gonzo journalism style. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. (He was also a drug enthusiast, among other things, but that’s another story for another day.) Record any dialogue as accurately as possible: include pauses, slang, stumbles, inflection, etc. I like this.

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