If you had to choose a trade

[Devanha Red]

You don't want to be a journalist. They are on a par with police officers in their propensity towards selling grandmothers in the hope of career advancement.

Plumber is the way to go. The new rock stars your plumbers are.

[Pacman1903]

Why?

If you ended up working for a Scottish newspaper, all you would be doing is regurgitating PR pish and eating succulent lamb at Sevco.

And the pay is terrible.

I didn't mean at the Record or some pish. Scottish fitba would be the last thing I would want to report on

[57vintage]

I do agree .
Who I do feel sorry for are young journalists leaving uni with very little chance of getting into the game they trained for.
Didn't the P&J/Evening Express employees not go on strike about 30 years ago and the bully editor sacked them all and replaced them with people without journalistic degrees .

My memory is a bit vague on this so could be misinforming.

They were sacked in 89. The one bright spot is that NUJ picket Michael Gove got his jotters. Once the AJ chapel was obliterated, scab eejits like Charlie Allan were recruited, to the detriment of standards.

Apart from features, print journalism has just about had it. A degree course syllabus now has far more content about broadcasting, blogging, online media and news management, its focus having shifted significantly even in the dozen years since one of my offspring graduated from Napier. Local newspapers were the other good route into the profession, but they, where they still exist, are largely syndicated articles with little local news input.

The gig is done.

[donsdaft]

I do agree .
Who I do feel sorry for are young journalists leaving uni with very little chance of getting into the game they trained for.
Didn't the P&J/Evening Express employees not go on strike about 30 years ago and the bully editor sacked them all and replaced them with people without journalistic degrees .

My memory is a bit vague on this so could be misinforming.

Charlie Allan



Edit: beaten to the actual naming and shaming by 57

[Disco Buc]

Charlie Allan



Edit: beaten to the actual naming and shaming by 57

That's one I think he worked as an auxiliary nurse but did do some minor bits of Sunday league reporting prior to getting the job with the EE.

[Mason89]

My mate was a journalist with the Herald before it went completely pish. His claim to fame was that he got the Labour Lord and former Pikey director Mike Watson the jail, for setting fire to hotel curtains.

Mike had originally plead not guilty, until he saw that he was going to be skewered in the paper.

[Pacman1903]

Ok let me rephrase. I would want to write about music (insert "you dinna ken fit music is min" gag) or fitba.

A job at World Soccer or Classic Rock would suffice

[DonUnder]

Any trade that negated the necessity for some of the useless thieving c@nts I have round this place over the last 20 years.

[Devanha Red]

Ok let me rephrase. I would want to write about music (insert "you dinna ken fit music is min" gag) or fitba.

A job at World Soccer or Classic Rock would suffice

Haven't seen a 'world soccer' in decades. Used to be the go to magazine in summer for the wee European fixture list booklet. Doubt if you get it anymore. The info is all so readily available online.

[Disco Buc]

Any trade that negated the necessity for some of the useless thieving c@nts I have round this place over the last 20 years.

What tradesmen did you have Don.