Easiest job, you say?
I'm a journalist working for an arts magazine.

I spend my days drinking free coffee and reading reviews on whatsonstage and tripadvisor respectively.

Then I turn them into a review of hotels I've never been to and plays I've never seen. Except when they're close to home and I can be bothered to cash in my free ticket.


It's a tough life.
(jennymnemonic, Wed 15 Sep 2010, 23:04, 7 replies)

So you basically steal other people's work
Is that correct?
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 9:45, closed)

A thief and a fraud.

(waxdart hello., Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:20, closed)

not at all bitter
or sanctimonious then.

I was exaggerating for comic effect - no, I don't get to stay in the hotels but if you read the reviews on tripadvisor you'll see there's no way you could construct a viable article from them.

And yes, that is the way it works. Ask any of the many other journos on here.

But don't worry, I'm sure your job is just as fun.
(jennymnemonic, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 12:25, closed)

Yep
I used to edit an international business travel magazine. Did I go anywhere? Did I fuck. I was stuck in an office in Vauxhall, commissioning journalists all over the world by email, then editing their work.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:47, closed)

Well,
Editing the work that you're paying for sounds fair; reading magazines and re-writing the articles doesn't.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:58, closed)

Hahahahahaa rightousness FTW
Welcome to the world of journalism. Everyone rips everyone else off all the time - the horoscope is done on rotation and not by Mystic Meg, reviews are written for albums that have never been heard, plays that have never been seen, and exhibitions that have never been visited, facts are made up, sources aren't checked, and credit taken that's not deserved.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 12:00, closed)

Bing! This is correct
When I was studying for my journalism Masters, the local rag used to steal news from the student's own news website.

Until our media law lecturer found out and called the editor.
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 12:34, closed)