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Colh said:
My interest was fully piqued until I saw it was the Sun
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The journo's biog doesn't match my expectations of Sun Central Casting:

Rahman Osman is a story-getting journalist who writes for The Sun. He graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in journalism after arriving in the UK from Ghana with nothing but a backpack, determined to pursue a career in sports journalism. Since then, he has contributed to the BBC, FourFourTwo, and helped establish LondonWorld. Rahman has interviewed everyone from Harry Kane to Didier Drogba. He tells stories that inspire the next generation of players, tracing their journeys from obscurity to superstardom. He is passionate about BAME representation in British media
 
redodare said:
The journo's biog doesn't match my expectations of Sun Central Casting:

Rahman Osman is a story-getting journalist who writes for The Sun. He graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in journalism after arriving in the UK from Ghana with nothing but a backpack, determined to pursue a career in sports journalism. Since then, he has contributed to the BBC, FourFourTwo, and helped establish LondonWorld. Rahman has interviewed everyone from Harry Kane to Didier Drogba. He tells stories that inspire the next generation of players, tracing their journeys from obscurity to superstardom. He is passionate about BAME representation in British media
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Much as punters hate rags like The Sun/Mail/etc, they're institutions of the UK media and they're where many of the most talented and ambitious journalists want to work - at least that was the case when I was training nearly 20yrs ago.

Every single reporter at the top newspapers will have worked their arses off to get there and will be highly educated. In fact, that reminds me of when I was applying for jobs after my post-grad journalism course at the Press Association - the national newspapers would only look at CVs from those of us who'd been to Oxbridge (ie not me).
 
jack744 said:
Much as punters hate rags like The Sun/Mail/etc, they're institutions of the UK media and they're where many of the most talented and ambitious journalists want to work - at least that was the case when I was training nearly 20yrs ago.

Every single reporter at the top newspapers will have worked their arses off to get there and will be highly educated. In fact, that reminds me of when I was applying for jobs after my post-grad journalism course at the Press Association - the national newspapers would only look at CVs from those of us who'd been to Oxbridge (ie not me).
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Lol reminds me of a story from one of my tutors on my journalism post grad - she went for a job at the beeb and the interviewer said "and which college did you go to?", she was a little non plussed by this and the interview sighed and turned round a little wooden plaque on his desk that said "Keeble"... though to be fair she get in.

Never really worked in papers myself, a different path for us broadcast types.
 
jack744 said:
Much as punters hate rags like The Sun/Mail/etc, they're institutions of the UK media and they're where many of the most talented and ambitious journalists want to work - at least that was the case when I was training nearly 20yrs ago.

Every single reporter at the top newspapers will have worked their arses off to get there and will be highly educated. In fact, that reminds me of when I was applying for jobs after my post-grad journalism course at the Press Association - the national newspapers would only look at CVs from those of us who'd been to Oxbridge (ie not me).
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No doubting the skill and qualifications of journos at top newspapers...


... more that unless Rahman had some UK family connections ,I'd assumed a typical Ghanaian would find gaining a work visa quite challenging - especially as they arrived without assets.

I presume the Sun would have needed to sponsor Osman .

Yet his strong entrepreneurial attitude somewhat conflicts with their stereotyping of young African's arriving in the UK - "with just a backpack"

Anyway back to transfer rumours , having good African contacts lends some credence to this story.
 
HBB said:
Lol reminds me of a story from one of my tutors on my journalism post grad - she went for a job at the beeb and the interviewer said "and which college did you go to?", she was a little non plussed by this and the interview sighed and turned round a little wooden plaque on his desk that said "Keeble"... though to be fair she get in.

Never really worked in papers myself, a different path for us broadcast types.
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Haha I'd have probably said "well, my sixth form was in Northants, but aren't you more interested in what I did at university?"
 
forzagaribaldi said:
I don’t disagree, I know people who worked on these papers. But there are no circumstances where I am ever going to read anything in either the Sun or the Mail
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A lot of the paper guys I knew would often move with an editor. New Editors would often have a group who worked well with them and when they took over somewhere new they'd bring them along - much like a manager and their backgroup staff.
 
redodare said:
No doubting the skill and qualifications of journeys at top newspapers...


... more that unless Rahman had some UK family connections ,I'd assumed a typical Ghanaian would find gaining a work visa quite challenging - especially as they arrived without assets.

I presume the Sun would have needed to sponsor Osman .

Yet his strong entrepreneurial attitude somewhat conflicts with their stereotyping of young African's arriving in the UK - "with just a backpack"

Anyway back to transfer rumours , having good African contacts lends some credence to this story.
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I guess he would've sorted all that by the time he got his place at the uni of Westminster so probably wasn't an issue...and your other point is just one example of staff and target audience being from very different demographics. If you want to be successful in that line of work you don't write for yourself, you write for your audience - who you may vehemently disagree with, but if you start struggling with your moral compass then you're in the wrong job!
 
forzagaribaldi said:
I don’t disagree, I know people who worked on these papers. But there are no circumstances where I am ever going to read anything in either the Sun or the Mail
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I will say that one thing that typified almost all the papers guys that was different from broadcast was they were wheeler dealers types, cutthroat attitude - when I was interviewed at Sky many of them had a paper background and I was quizzed about how I'd gotten stories through things like talking to Police off the record and interviewed the lowest of the low to get stories. Not in a bad way, but to show my journalist chops.
 
It looks like we're targeting more 'established' players with higher profiles, but this brings the delays with it. If anyone remembers the Sangare signing it was will he / won't he all summer. Unfortunately the reality is that with the calibre of players we appear to be targeting many would wait and see what other offers come on the table, difficult for Forest to compete if a Champions League team was calling, and in addition clubs know we have some spending power this summer so will add a few £m extra.
 
The season opener is now just two weeks away. Realistically, any new signings we make aren't going to feature much in the first few games.

They'll need to be integrated into training and settled into the squad for a month or so before they start matches. There's five games before the three week international break, which would be the reasonable point in which to get them up to speed.
 
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