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An article in The Advertiser by Rebecca Wilson has caused quite a storm in Adelaide having labelled the Reds ACL defeat as “humiliating” and leaving “soccer in crisis.” Rather, the Reds ACL journey should be seen as an opportunity for the game to grow and does not represent its death knell.
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Adrian Musolino is based in Adelaide, SA
A member since July 2008
Adrian Musolino loves: Football, Motor
Adrian Musolino says:
I'm a freelance journalist covering mainly motorsport but also football.
You can see my work regularly in Motor Racing Australia and other Chevron Publishing. I also contribute to Two Wheels, Soccer International plus others.
I'm also a columnist with the Roar.
Email - adrian.musolino@gmail.com
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Further to my point the way I see it too is that everything I write will be tagged with my name (or in the Roars case my headshot too) so I will be judged by what I write. Therefore I work hard to ensure what I write is fair and accurate. What I aim for is respectability from the readers and within the industry. And it is a very incestuous industry so you can get a reputation very quickly. This becomes the self regulation you impose on yourself as a journo to ensure you don’t get a bad reputation as having an agenda or whatever.
So with Rebecca Wilson (and I don’t know her personally) she has built a reputation of being a “call it as you see it” on a wide variety of sports (and remember she is a media personality too) but as we see with this article she has serious gaps in her knowledge of football. It is why you wouldn’t see her write for the specialised press, magazines etc and why she is a newspaper write.
Her writing is suited to tabloid press.
As the comments here and elsewhere highlight, having written such an article her reputation isn’t the highest at the moment amongst the informed sections of the media like TWG, the Roar and even readers of her papers judging by all the negative comments on the Advertiser website.
Reds defeat not the death knell of football (282)
November 18th, 2008
True Tah, as I said millions of Australians still read newspapers and take what is written as fact. That is your opinion of the paper but thousands of people would disagree, the thousands who pick it up each morning and rely on it to educate them about the world.
Dasilva, thank you for your kind words and I agree completely with your comments regarding Media Watch, TT and ACA. Spot on.
As for any sort of regulation or code of ethics, I have been writing professionally for three years now (a rookie compared to others) but I have never been asked to sign anything like that.
Everything I write is first sent to my respective editors who read and, if necessary, comment on what is written. That is the check that what I am writing is on topic, appropriate, to ensure that it is up to publishing standard and that I am not encouraging violence, racism etc. But as a writer I work very hard to ensure I achieve this without the need to be told.
Should there be some sort of regulation? Tough call and with something like that and you worry about how it could be abused for other means such as censorship etc. However, like you I am concerned about the path taken by some media outlets / organisations in this country and the impact that has on the public.
Reds defeat not the death knell of football (282)
November 18th, 2008
True Tah, I think you need to be a bit more realistic. Millions of Australians still rely on newspapers for their daily intake of information.
Reds defeat not the death knell of football (282)
November 18th, 2008