http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: Edinburgh Evening News Scraping the Barrel en Sun, 31 May 2026 22:31:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72453 Mon, 28 May 2012 14:41:06 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72453@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What makes it worse is it was a job in sports journalism. Now there's an oxymoron*...</p> <p>*okay, Tom English in the Scotland on Sunday is excellent, and Richard Moore gets some nice articles in there as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72448 Mon, 28 May 2012 14:35:41 +0000 Morningsider 72448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Outrage as Iconic Applicant Denied Dream Job by Petty Bureaucrats</p> <p>An EEN insider told us how Mr Robson's insistence on "facts" and undertaking research fatally undermined his application to work with the iconic Edinburgh paper. In addition, they were concerned that he didn't have enough experience of drinking before lunch, a key skill developed during journalism training, to fit in to with the news team. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72444 Mon, 28 May 2012 14:28:01 +0000 steveo 72444@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I presume fiction writing is a required module in modern journalism courses.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72441 Mon, 28 May 2012 14:23:22 +0000 Min 72441@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You should have written your CV in green crayon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72421 Mon, 28 May 2012 13:40:26 +0000 kaputnik 72421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>evidently you also didn't have your own barrel spoon </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6809#post-72417 Mon, 28 May 2012 13:32:23 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 72417@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/suzanne-pilley-murder-basement-available-on-rental-market-1-2322769">'story' in the chipwrapper</a> today that the basement in which Suzanne Pilley is thoguht to have been killed is on the rental market again.</p> <p>I'm not sure if the paper expected the property to become a permanent shrine...</p> <p>This line summed it up beautifully: "<em>No mention of the case is made on the property particulars, which boast its location and car park as an asset</em>"</p> <p>To think I once applied for a job writing for the EEN and was turned down because, sole reason, I didn't have a journalism degree. </p>