I'm gonna be a published boxing writer on Friday!

superb achievement mate hope this is the first of many articles you get published this years

 

Well done mate, will look out for it

Sounds like you really want it so I hope it works out

 

Yep P9 with your name in bold (they don't always credit the writers in the news section)
Good job!

 

ahh you know him too

theres a boy in my school called that his parents must have been Alcies and his sister is called Stella

 

It's out of order that a magazine as well-established as Boxing News exploit their writers' love of the sport and don't pay for stories like this. They've gone down severely in my estimation.

 

well established yes, but how much money do you think BN makes?
Correct, next to nothing.

 

Fair enough, but if they are willing to pay you then why would you not take the money? I don't mean to be difficult, I just don't understand.

 

I think he wants to build up a CV, and it is much quicker to do when your not asking to be paid, because more people will be willing to publish his articles.

 

thanks for the response, makes sense.

 

Well done on the article.

Just remember, boxing fans couldnt give a toss where the apostrophe should be - they want the big questions and the bigger answers.

You've mastered the pen, next you need to master the interviewing technique !

good luck.

 

I hope I don't sound like the big bad ogre, but if BN or any other outlet think your stories are good enough - and this one is, no question - they'll pay for them. Journalism is a job like any other; you do the work and get paid for it.