The Stig

"we can't find enough freelancers"

Is that really the case? If so, I'm very surprised because it seems that just about everyone has a car blog and writes car reviews these days.

I'd love it if there was demand for more auto journos. Sorry for the thread hijack.

porsche0nut

How about a mechanical engineering degree and skipping te intern phase!?

LastMezger

Let me be more specific. We can't find anyone who can write well enough for our publications. Any monkey can reword a press release...actually many can't even do that.

Finding someone that can tell a compelling story...that's a different matter. Finding someone that can do that AND submit on time, on length and in the right voice is nearly impossible.

Mechanical engineering is a good background but you'll probably still need formal journalism training. A college diploma from Centennial or Humber and a Mech Eng. degree is a very good combo. Being proficient in amateur racing racing will be advantageous as well as it lends credibility to your dynamic evaluations.

If you're serious shoot me a PM and you can buy me a coffee and I'll tell you all about it;-)

ronnie993tt

Awsome. Now that's how you're supposed to drive on the street! 19mpg?! It's a ruddy Prius compared to my 15mpg. Though, he'd be burned as a witch on the 993 turbo site for putting it through a car wash.