We’ve made some changes in the Writer Program application process. The requirements for approval are the same as they’ve been for a while, but how you get there is a little different. We no l...
When you’re writing on a tight deadline and you’re trying to figure out how you’re going to get this fact and that opinion and the other piece of sharp, witty analysis into this mess, it’...
Note: We asked B/R writers who did not have formal journalism training to tell us how they learned about sportswriting. * * * While I never took any journalism classes in high school or at the co...
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2014/01/16/how-a-history-degree-got-me-ready-to-be-a-sportswriter/
NOTE: This blog post is no longer current. The B/R Writer Program application process has changed. For advice on how to succeed in the current process, please read this post. Of the roughly 200 p...
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2013/06/20/how-to-create-a-writing-sample-that-will-get-you-in-to-br/
As we mentioned last week, all B/R writers now have the revamped publishing tool for standard articles, with similar improvements coming to the tool for slideshows soon. The new tool makes it muc...
A hat tip to NFL Lead Writer Michael Schottey for pointing out this fun Buzzfeed piece, 27 Pieces of Advice For Writers From Famous Authors.” The fun part is that the advice is in the form of p...
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2013/04/03/need-a-hand-as-a-writer-some-famous-authors-can-help/
Jay Rosen, an NYU media scholar and critic and a Twitter celebrity, has a new Pinterest site called “Social media wiz shares wizdom,” on which he, well, shares wisdom that can help you too be...
We’re probably in the waning days of Nate Silver’s 2012 election-season star turn, but it’s worth tuning in to the Deadspin chat he did Wednesday for one very smart piece of advice to anyon...
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2012/11/15/nate-silvers-advice-for-journalists-learn-some-math/
Have you ever had writer’s block? I don’t think I have, but I was thinking about it yesterday after I didn’t post anything on the B/R Blog. The reason for that silence was a different kind ...
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2012/10/17/writers-block-the-best-advice-on-how-to-overcome-it/
The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being pulled by them. —Raymond Chandler Your mileage may vary.
http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2012/08/10/quote-of-the-day-how-fast-do-you-write/