Fully agree that doing work on a local team or teams is hugely beneficial when starting out. Most of those teams are glad of the extra coverage, so more likely to give access to players, coaches, training, front office, etc., which gives a really good grounding for interviews and reporting. This then makes it a lot easier if or when you start covering higher-profile teams or national teams. (Sometimes the local club can already be high profile) Though the industry can feel like it's more difficult than ever to get into or get full/part-time work in, newsletter platforms make it a lot easier to do things like this via your own outlet. People are also more likely to pay for in-depth coverage of their team that they can't get anywhere else.
Speaking of soccer writing, here is Pablo Maurer being interviewed on "On Loudoun United Being A Disaster" --the bombshell piece he wrote for the Athletic:
Could you keep a running list of upcoming soccer related conferences on the site? I'd love to attend some but I'm unaware of what is actually available.
Fully agree that doing work on a local team or teams is hugely beneficial when starting out. Most of those teams are glad of the extra coverage, so more likely to give access to players, coaches, training, front office, etc., which gives a really good grounding for interviews and reporting. This then makes it a lot easier if or when you start covering higher-profile teams or national teams. (Sometimes the local club can already be high profile) Though the industry can feel like it's more difficult than ever to get into or get full/part-time work in, newsletter platforms make it a lot easier to do things like this via your own outlet. People are also more likely to pay for in-depth coverage of their team that they can't get anywhere else.
Speaking of soccer writing, here is Pablo Maurer being interviewed on "On Loudoun United Being A Disaster" --the bombshell piece he wrote for the Athletic:
https://youtu.be/bwjR-mcXerY
p.s. DC United is revealed as especially villainous within
Could you keep a running list of upcoming soccer related conferences on the site? I'd love to attend some but I'm unaware of what is actually available.