Tuesday, March 25, 2014: The Smother's guide to football journalism...

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Many aspiring football journalists languish in the blogosphere, focusing erroneously on the meager matters that transpire within that white painted oval. It's a sorry waste really, sports journalism - like any media - is about selling ads, and no-ones clicking on your analysis of a game they've already watched. What the people want is scandal, crisis, intrigue; sacked coaches and careers destroyed in seconds. Caroline Wilson won a journalism award this week, you think she got to where she is with pithy articles about backline structures and disposal effectiveness?