Here's another opportunity for you, one that would get you a high profile 'clip' for your file.
In the July 2008 Sport Diver (USA version) there's a two page section called 'State of Diving' in the Dive Briefs section.
This months magazine has a description of the diving off California's Point Lobos, "Home to Sea Wolves," together with a fact file column and three pictures. The author is a chap called Bill Becher, his website confirms his freelance status.
This really should not be a hard part of the magazine to break into:
It's about diving in the USA, so it will be close to home for many of you.
You don't have to have any underwater photographs! Out of the three used for this section, only one was taken by Bill (divers getting into the water) the other two were provided by stock photograph agencies.
It's written in a factually descriptive style with an advertorial slant:
"you'll be greeted by..."
"Divers sometimes see..."
"You might see..."
"Once you descend..."
"Lucky divers might see..."
When I read this type of article I often go through each paragraph and work out if I could do this with just a little bit of Internet research, some cosy chats with local divers and no dive at all at the site. This section of the magazine ticks all of those boxes. I'm not saying Bill didn't dive here, I'm simply highlighting the easy and rather impersonal style of writing (which appears to be quite popular in the USA).
I'm not sure what the pay rate is for Sport Diver, but whatever it is, if I were a budding photojournalist, I'd go for this section of the magazine for my first attempt.
Keep writing...
Brendan
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