tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10119492.post113579184378533982..comments2023-11-02T05:44:42.339-04:00Comments on Sports Writing and Editing: Saying goodbye to ShavUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10119492.post-1135966732317763832005-12-30T13:18:00.000-05:002005-12-30T13:18:00.000-05:00Hi, Mike...I think Shav, like others in the busine...Hi, Mike...<BR/><BR/>I think Shav, like others in the business these days, are looking at all the cutbacks and downsizing and emphasis on profit margin and just kind of deciding that the fun days of being in the business might be coming to an end.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words on the blog. I need to be better about updating it in 2006.SWE_BLOGGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706238020415084981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10119492.post-1135923814780909412005-12-30T01:23:00.000-05:002005-12-30T01:23:00.000-05:00I have a question that I don't want to come off in...I have a question that I don't want to come off in a condescending way, rather I'd like a straight answer to:<BR/>When sports journalists -- or just journalists in general -- say after a long career, "Don't get into newspapers/journalism", when did they come to that conclusion?<BR/>It cannot be that they've suddenly realized at the end of their career that life has spun past them because they were too busy writing about other people.<BR/>At what point do they realize that their career got in the way of them having a life? If they realized this long ago yet chose to stay in journalism, what did they tell themselves to allow them to stay in the business?<BR/><BR/>(P.S. Great blog, by the way.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com