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Over the last 17 plus years, we have been very fortunate enough to have someome like Nick Taylor keeping our sport and beloved team in the print and news in an AFL dominated state.
It was with a heavy heart I read his post on Facebook last night:
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank Nick for the countless hours he devoted to rugby and his balanced and informative reporting.
Thank you Nick and best of luck with your future endevours.
Great job Nick . I always felt The Force had a voice in the media ….. This is sad news . Thanks bro
Nick sent me a message yesterday to let me know too.
Thanks so much Nick for all your efforts, I hope that Rugby in WA can find a way into our news without you at the helm.
A stella job in some very trying times in this AFL mad state.
Best of luck with furure endevours Nick and we'll be sure to see you at the game :approve:
Go well Nick Taylor and thanks for everything over the years. Your work to expose how the RA facilitated the Rabble survival was exceptional. Travel safe and I'm sure we will read more from you soon.
Ah no way! All the best to Nick Taylor, a fine servant of the game, your work was much appreciated
Good luck Nick with your next venture.
WA rugby reporting will be back in the dark ages!
No WF coverage at all in The Worst since Nick left is there? Hardly surprising though. I did hear Nick was going to do some work for WF but that fell through. Anybody else heard anything.
Having parted ways with the West Australian after 17 years must leave you feeling like you've had your first bath in a long time, Nick.
You'll need to use scented soap and powerful salts for at least two years before you finally remove the stench of that association, though.
Good luck in your future endeavours.
May the West disappear up Paul Murray's fundamental orifice.
just as as well Murray is not Murdoch,mind you he isn't far removed!Quote:
Originally Posted by fulvio sammut
I shall never forget the hours and effort that Nick put in during 2017 when we were fighting for our survival. His reporting, insight and feedback played a huge role in getting us "NOTICED" over East and ultimately securing the attention of Twiggy and the financial support that Twiggy gave us.
Mate, on a personal note, Thank you and all the best for the future.
We are now less than four weeks to kick-off and I have hardly seen or read any news or player stuff. The Worst obviously has no interest since Nick Taylor left. What is the Force media department doing.
In the absence of articles in the West which is out of their hands, the marketing department appear to have been using social media extensivley.Quote:
Originally Posted by wholetruth
Tons of information, posts and updates are being put out there by email, twitter, instagram, web page news and facebook that I am aware of and have seen.
I hope that they keep up the good work.
Thanks for the update. I tend not to use social media that much and what I have seen tends to be huff and puff stuff. I'd like to see some actual "news" stories. I wonder if they are actually pushing outlets like The Worst to get stories out there. The other Super clubs have had a fair bit of coverage - even the bloody Rabble.
Print media is dying and The West is the propaganda arm of the West Coast Eagles.
Good on the Force for doing what the other codes have been doing for a while now, although I think their website could still use some work in terms of getting news up - they don't even have the information for the trial game vs Qld on their website.
Print media is certainly going out the door but they do have websites and there's not much Force news on any of them either here or the E States.
Paywalls on main stream media websites don't help either - one of the reasons the AFL, NRL and Cricket Australia invested heavily in their websites and internal media operations (Until News Ltd had a cry).
Can't really blame the East Coast media for not carrying stories about the Force, they'd likely rely on a local reporter over here (Fairfax owns WAToday for example). A story on a team on the otherside of the country probably doesn't generate enough clicks for a website like the SMH.
Agree that the local media should have more but like I said, the West is obsessed with the WCE and probably the Scorchers for this week.
Someone here go study journalism :iconrofl:
Understand about the Eastern States, website clicks and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by jargan83
Don't need to study journalism to get a job at The West do you?
Given the amount of news.com.au content that comes straight from Reddit I think a journalism qualification takes 5 minutes these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by wholetruth
I generally get my Fairfax Rugby & NRL stories on the WA Today site as well as local/international news. Don't really look for local BBL or AFL pieces there but it might be interesting to see how they are treated compared to the WF. It's fine for us rusted on's to read other sites for our sports coverage but I've always had a bit of a tin hat outlook on the local media's lack of Rugby/NRL coverage. WAToday is basically a cut and paste of the SMH, apart from a smattering of local news/politics. It is a real negative with regard to raising the profile. Your not paranoid if they really are out to get you. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jargan83
he was a like a stream of bats piss.
he shone out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark.
one of my favourite memories was bumping into him in queenstown, running late, on the way to he captains run.
we jumped on a bus, but found ourselves on the wrong road.
we had to cross a live golf course, much to the anger of local golfers.
then negotiate the aquatic centre to get to the practice oval for nick to get his photos and interviews.
we were glad we made it, cameron shephard had come back from a long injury and looked sharp & hungry.
we put a bet on him to score first and won a few hundred (drinks were taken):)