The curtain falls on speculation It is time - after a long silence - once again to rattle noisily and write a few words to the final point. Although: much is what I
spread in this older entry not add. Except that now this point ("I'm still not sure what lies next. And paralyzing uncertainty.") Has done (at what is present, further down in the text a bit more).
I thank all who have made four years the effort to get around here, to read, comment, quote to recommend to link to. It was a very, very good experience, not just constantly in the online forest call into, but also to receive echo messages. The count: 2010 messages (yes, two thousand and ten). Hard to believe but true. Maybe even a couple of highlights were there. Or one or the other funny headline.
I have benefited from this type of daily involvement with the events from the sport. An example: After I had noticed Martin Kaymer in the distance in his first professional year, I followed him constantly and he prophesied early exactly
what he has achieved little later be tight. Without this intense interest, I would have never met him and in two print stories (for
Capital and portrayed in the autumn for the last time
) and in a radio report for the radio
Germany. This would not simply result. But as we have over time twice sat in longer conversations. Most recently in October on the island of Bermuda after his sensational success at the PGA Championship and the victory of the European team in the Ryder Cup.
There was another issue that has concerned me greatly: the attempt
Exempt Football Association, a very good idea for the promotion of amateur football to kill. The
hard court heroes were brave and strong got enough, the way to Karlsruhe to go before the Supreme Court, where they exactly
confirmed what I and other early sketches were clear enough: The association was somewhat taken out, which he had no right.
The
hard court heroes helped us by all. Not just the bloggers. While I tried to help Oliver Fritsch, especially with vollbackigem journalistic tailwind (
laughed at by the counsel of the association in question, but eventually even the
Deutsche Presse-Agentur after the memorable landmark ruling cited ) was, in other cases (I speak of the legal
Kicking against the DFB Jens Weinreich and the warning of a clothing company to the address of
Trainer Baade ), sometimes announced a small donation. The solidarity of the small official channels of many that was good. And it helped to stop the attacks in both cases.
I was away from so far still support another initiative, which I thought was promising, but then fell asleep unfortunately: The
Podcast the Football Blogger, the 2009 Munich in a kitchen was lifted from the baptism.
Because it is in this environment not only individual perpetrators, but also group animals, I always like some of the talents of Sports Blogger's Guild met in person. An experience that has enriched me enormously. It is good in personal interviews to find out that this little plant care of the very different personal writing about sports from many good hands and gently pulled great. Some put their efforts at some point again. Other
return after a break back . That's the way things go.
I think I will - not run a sports blog more - as a soloist and with no prospect of economic gains. This was an experiment. It would have been foolish not to try it. But the experiment is over. Because I
the brand
American Arena but not just want to give up, the next experiment is also under this name. What's it about?
It is a completely different site. If you want to know more about who finds a business card with detailed
americanarena.net . There is also
blog - as part of the strategy with which I shall deal thoroughly than ever
professional freelance journalist with a fairly wide range of issues in the coming period. There are no catchy words for this kind of work. I stick to a few here in the U.S. who call it
New Media Journalism , and thus a new work my performance in the media, in which one entrains a classic reporter for print and radio during his travels and research, a video camera and the results in addition to conventional work product provides online. We're not talking about hastily zusammengefummelten, shaky interviews with the little flip
-box, but of compelling films that compete with the claims that they are put in television productions.
Sometimes this means that you really deny a job at all alone - again as a solo run like blogging. One cameraman and sound man is one who conducted the interviews, turning B-roll scenes, leading the whole thing at the end in
FinalCut Pro together. This will hopefully be the exception. Because if you loszieht second, which ensures easy for much better results. As the photographer for the text range is the same camera person and refers to the moving images), and the author takes on the tone, the production is finished and writes the read piece for the print version.
American Arena will face in the future as a brand name for this richer and more impressive intensive form of journalism. At least that is the plan.
So here the curtain falls. Take care. We'll see. Definitely. The world is small. Ciao and thanks for reading.
PS: The texts archived here, and the entire Occurs (with the longest day of alleged list of blog-world) are not deleted. If only for self-interest: I would even like to come over here can do to read one or the other.
