Help Wanted. . .Apply Within
by Christopher Gates on May 30, 2010 8:15 PM CDT
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PrintLost in what's been going on over the past couple of weeks is the fact that the Daily Norseman has had another of its co-writers move on, as Anthony has turned in his. . .his. . .whatever he would turn in to denote that he didn't have the time to contribute to the site any longer. I know that I, for one, greatly appreciated the work that Anthony put in here as a member of the DN team, and sincerely wish him the best in his future endeavors.
So, that means that the site is down to three of us. . .myself, Eric, and Ted. As a result, I feel as though the time has come to open up the opportunity for you good folks out there to become a part of the DN team. If you've been part of a blog in the past. . .or, hey, even if you have a blog currently. . .it's obviously helpful. If you have previous writing experience, that's obviously helpful as well.
If you're more statistically oriented or have a real knowledge of the "X and O" matters of football, that would be great, too. For as knowledgeable as we are about football, we really don't have a guy that can break down plays or anything like that. Having something like that during the season would be awesome, in my opinion.
So, if you have an interest in potentially joining us, please drop me a line, along with your DN handle so I could potentially go back and look at your previous contributions to the site, your writing style, that sort of thing. If you want to send a writing sample or a link to any site you're currently a part of or that you were a part of at one time, that would be great, too.
Oh, one last thing. . .if you're a big fan of Minnesota sports in general, particularly if you're active on other Minnesota-based SBNation sites (those being Twinkie Town, Canis Hoopus, Hockey Wilderness, or The Daily Gopher) and would like to talk about it on a regular basis, drop me a line on that front, too. . .you could be a part of something big that's coming to SBNation.
Thanks to all of you out there for being part of the site. . .blogging is going to be relatively light for the rest of the Memorial Day weekend.
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I've posted on Twinkie Town
and have a twitter @mnsportstalk
Hit me up if you’re interested.
Follow me on twitter@mnsportstalk
I'm good with stats but I don't op a blog.
Too bad. I do feel like this place needs more statistical & play-by-play analysis.
A true friend stabs you in the front - Oscar Wilde
Thanks I appreciate the nomination
However I’m not sure having a packer backing me up is going to help much.. :)
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
LOL...maybe that is my plan!
haha actually I think you would do well…as long as gothic and R4F don’t get the open spot I’d be happy! ;-)
I’ve been throwing the idea around in my head sometime to start a MN sports blog but maybe this is the way to go about it. I would be very interested in joining the staff here. I’m a journalism major and currently visit Twinkie Town/Canis Hoopus but don’t post there often. I also have some writing samples that I can send to you that I’ve done in the past for our school newspaper,etc.
Send them on in!
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by Christopher Gates on May 31, 2010 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions
I nominate Deek.
He’s knowledgeable and dedicated.
I’ll second the Grime Nomination as well.
Both guys are dedicated to the DN, but most importantly, they’re respected throughout SBN.
Thanks for the nomination....
My knowledge has mostly come from visiting this site, with the addition of yahoo articles and just being a die-hard Vikings fan. I am not sure if my writing style may be what your looking for, but I do frequent the site often. I work two jobs, and both of them have internet access… Both jobs have downtime so I can post/comment frequently.
I would opt to think that Grime would be a better candidate given his draft experience and college football knowledge. I lacked this year in the college football to understand who was really going to be good addition to our team. This year, I hope to take closer look at the college games to increase my knowledge of the teams and its players.
In addition to my writing experience
I have taken a technical writing class that breaks down writing. Nothing special, but, for the most part I lack creativity. I do like to research things (i.e., Metro-dome history)…
I haven’t been a member for a real long time, but most of the whole 2009-2010 season and the off-season since the Super-bowl.
I sent some writing samples to you at the email you had listed. DailyNorseman@gmail.com
I wish I had more time to put a full effort into something like this, as I’m a sports journalism major…but I have a pretty good grasp of breaking down plays and packages both on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. No blog experience, but I have plenty of writing experience through my classes. Anything I can do to help, just let me know
Fantasy 101.
It would be great if we could have some more fantasy football breakdown. Basically talking about where players should be drafted(mostly in standard 12 man leagues) and player fantasy value week to week. Also discussing who would be great waver wire pickups and emerging fantasy studs.
I’m not saying I’m the guy for the job, but would be willing to give it a shot. If you think someone else is better apt to handle the task thats fine. I just think it would add some depth and new discussions to the site.
Favre's ankle, Starcaps BS and hopefully a busy Piston offseason, oh my. Go Netherlands/Holland/Dutch Soccer(no its not Football)! Also, Lesnar, Lesnar, Lesnar!!!!!!!
Residing out of state...
But you won’t find a fan as supportive as me, even if Minnesota is a 20+ hour drive. I can surely give you a break down of the environment on a few away games this year that I’ll be attending. I like to make a long weekend out of it. Go down on Thursday’s and leave on Monday’s. Go out every night and enjoy what each city has to offer, and have some civil taunting leading up to the game.
D.C. is on my radar. 1 and a half hours, you KNOW its happening. I have a feeling this is our year so i’m going to New York as well. Green Bay (it will be my first in Green Bay) And then Philadelphia. I’m scared of that one, because i’ve seen videos from Eagles fans at games on youtube. If there is snow, its a no go. Hopefully it will rain so whatever they throw on me will wash right off.
Its going to happen and its going to trigger many things in minnesota to get a new stadium deal done. I’ll do everything from out of state I can.
SKOL
You know what would be really interesting
If you were to basically write up an article for each game attended.
You could give ratings of the stadiums and compare to others
You could give ratings to the fans and compare to others
Talk about pricing, the extra events that go on pre-game, 1/2 time, and post-game.
Etc Etc.
I'm here whenever you need me, Gonz.
I have a lot of writing experience and would love to begin to contribute to this site in a much larger sense than in previous times. I haven’t been around for awhile due to family troubles, but I’m willing to make a return in order to help you out around here.
Sincerely,
Gonzo2
"He didn’t call me or anything. It was an accident, but a lot of people would have called to see how someone is doing after they got hit in the head. Especially if they had to go on the DL." — Morneau on pitcher Ron Villone after an April 2005 beaning.
If we're going to nominate people
I would look to LLV he’s got a good head on and is pretty often optimistic about things. Canadian Viking has great information and a solid writing style. I would enjoy writing for this site as well, although I would need to know the time commitment required.
No matter what I’m sure whoever gets the job (and it is a job) will do great and have everyones support behind him.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
Thanks for the compliment Grime.
I really like contributing here but I’m not sure if I’d be reliable enough to produce articles on a regular basis. Maybe if Gonzo can’t find one writer to pick up the slack he could institute a guest writer policy. He could hand out a topic to Elgar, Deek, LLV, Grime, myself and any other writers that catch his interest. I guess that would be similar to the Fanposts but it would add some more variety to the site and maybe showcase individual areas of knowledge.
I’m quite confident that whatever Gonzo chooses to do will turn out well because there are a lot of interesting people with diverse writing styles to pick from on the site.
by CanadianViking on Jun 1, 2010 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Holy crap
Best idea yet.
I did the article on the Metro-dome. It was fun, entertaining, and gave me a lot of knowledge.
I took my time a little bit more than most of the things I post, since they are normally based upon 1 article. I did some research, collected information, and put it all together in one post. Only took about 1 hour of my time up, and I only did it because I was mostly curious on the tax issue of how the Metro-dome was funded. I found out that the majority of the taxes involved are longer a tax today, but some speculation is that some of the taxes back than that were small and unnoticeable may still exist today. Such minor things are hard to find real concrete proof unless one goes digging real deep. But if it was true, I figured the amount of tax revenue collected would be minor and nothing that we could use as a stance to force politicians to let a stadium deal happen.
Actually your article and LLV/Grimes recent collaborations
gave me the idea about having a guest-writer because they were well-done and had more focus than most fan-posts which are of the quick informative blurb type. I’m not sure how the logistics would work for Gonzo but maybe multiple part-time writers could be an option as the workload would be small and the diversity would be great.
by CanadianViking on Jun 1, 2010 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
I have plenty of time
To devote to the site. As I stated before, I view it frequently and try to post often.
I am not sure what the responsiblities are that follow up with being a co-writer. Does that mean we have to moderate each article as well?
Either way, I will like to continue posting up fanposts on up to date information of anything Vikings related.
Elgar is an obvious nominee, IMO
He certainly knows how to make points in an entertaining way! I would think that would be one of the main criteria. Sports writing tends to involve a lot more “over the top” writing than any other form of journalism.
If you want the job, speak up!
So far Skoaldybi is the only person to clearly express a desire to get the job. I’m not saying he isn’t qualified and awesome, but others seem to have indicated an “interest”. When I have a job to fill I look for a person who wants that job and says so. Being interested and then possibly waiting for the phone to ring is no way to get work…
Actually
I was hoping to get more clarification.
How many articles would we be limited to (Maximum & Minimum)
Would we also need to moderate the rest of the blogs to make sure everything is gravy.
I think an article a week would be easy to do for each person. It seems most of the time, if a co-writer finds an interesting article via yahoo or any other sports website they’ll post it up first unless its already in the fanposts.
I think most people who are seriously interested in this
Will probably have written Gonzo about it. Problem is no one really knows what the job entails, and truly it is a job of sorts. It’s easy and enjoyable to toss out ideas at your own leisure however, when you have a dead line it can get considerably more challenging.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
OK so I have an article I wrote a little over 3 years ago about how Tom Brady is NOT the greatest quarterback of all time.
Agree or disagree, it’ll show my opinionated writing & statistical analysis. I could also try to write up a real play analysis rather than just stat-heavy opinions, but: what e-mail should I send it to?
A true friend stabs you in the front - Oscar Wilde
Ironically
that was written before he threw for the record TD-passes in a season.
I've said from the beginning .....
My biggestfear is lossing the writers like you have . I hope you are as good a recruiter as you are an organizer
By the way I'm sorry to see Anthony go.
He was a humorous writer and had a lot of good insights. I hope where ever he is he stays purple and has fun.
It's a lot easier to love the Vikings when they win...
by Grime on Jun 2, 2010 9:11 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I'd like to take part in the website, somehow...someday
Favre + 3 = ❼ = Vikings= 2009-2010 NFL Champions= New Stadium=Greatest Fans and Team!
by UnBannedVikingholic on Jun 2, 2010 5:08 PM CDT reply actions
no.
I piss people off on a fairly regular basis. I cherish my right to speak my mind, whether I sound like an uneducated savage or not. I've never been accused of keeping what I think a secret, nor will I ever. Don't like it? I don't care.
by IABerserker1 on Jun 8, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
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