Journalism 1-0-1:
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To the newbie's chasing the spotlights in the media world:
A writer-slash-blogger-slash-photographer’s first job is simple:
To get seen!
Let the truth be known: The suits don’t give a damn about pretty pictures or perfect spelling — they want reach, raw numbers, bodies in the seats, eyes on the page, and readers who keep coming back for another hit of words!
Back in 2019, I rolled into Sunset Station with a camera and a chip on my shoulder. I didn’t just shoot the night — I twisted it, warped it, gave it a look nobody else dared to try back then. (The pic at the top) My little "pop art" experiment didn’t just get noticed; it ricocheted around the world and shoved my words onto the bloggers' roadmap.
Now that my latest blog is pulling in over 125,000 followers who ride with my words. I’m laying my pop‑art phase down gently — letting it fade like the last chord of a midnight set. Cell phones have cameras too. I’ll still snap a few shots to juice up my storytelling, but the real punch now only comes from the words that I write!
My lesson to all who are pursuing media as a hobby, or as a career.
Find something that gets your work noticed, and run with it like a bat out of Hell 🔥
Word! 🤘
~GE~
