Looking for reporters

The main site has a new look - http://www.marlinsbaseball.com

Part of this new look is the ability to add reporter accounts. For the first time in site history, reporters will be able to add their content on their own. No longer will articles need to be emailed to me. You'll have your own account on the main site and your own section as well. You'll be able to add your stories and have them posted on the front page of the site as well. This time around I not only want reporters for the Marlins, but I want reporters for the minor league affiliates as well. I want this to be a really important part of the new site's content. We're moving away from the days of AP recaps, and into original content written by the fans and by myself. This is a major new undertaking for the site but I believe it will be a great one.

As in the past I can not pay reporters because MarlinsBaseball.com is not a business. It's a fan site, and does not have funds available to pay staff. However you will be moved into a "Reporters" group to be created here on the forums. Included in this is VIP for as long as you are a reporter, and a special Reporters Only forum where you can discuss anything with your fellow reporters. You'll also be listed on the main site as staff including your own page with optional bio and photograph and you can feel free to enter this on your resumes. In addition there is a slight possibility, minor league affiliates will issue credentials. I, myself have been offered credentials to cover the Jamestown Jammers when they were in town to face the Brooklyn Cyclones and I see no reason similar occurences won't occur again. Keep that in mind if you're local to a Marlins affiliate or to a team that opposes a Marlins affiliate during the season. Obviously there is no promise they will offer media credentials but it is a possibility.

There's an application process this time around and there is a review process that I will be doing.

Please email me at Admin[at]marlinsbaseball.com and include the following form completed along with a writing sample.

Forum Name:

Full Name:

City, State:

Age:

In addition to having this form completed, please attach a writing sample. The writing sample can be about anything and does not have to relate to the Marlins at all. I just want to see your style of writing and your abilities.

I am taking this seriously, and I hope you will as well. The main site's content has been controlled by me since the site began in the early 90's and this will be the first time content will be added prior to me reading it so I will only bring on writers I trust. This site has a reputation and a history to uphold and I thank you for wanting to be a part of it.