Scribes wanted // Recrutons journalistes

Hi fellows !

We are looking for a few simracing-journo-wannabes to write some race reports of the current races. The texts will be published on the HSO site. Our aim is to have regular race reports of our championships, which is a rather time-consuming task we do not have the time to endeavour in. We will however take care of all the editing and integration on the site, so the eventual scribes among you just need to send us their texts. Those with an inclination for it can also provide screenshots. You can also sumbit screenshots without text if you want.

We might also accept articles other than strict race reports, such as interviews, portraits, articles about simracing in general or about real historic racing, etc.

Evidently, every article needs to be written in proper English, and as much as possible in an objective and intelligent way   . Ultimately, HSO admins alone will decide whether an article is published or not. Otherwise our editing will be limited to typos, spelling errors and form - not to content. There is no limitation in length so to speak, although a thousand (1,000) words should be the aim for a basic race report.

Regular writers who can commit for a full season are preferable, but there is no limitation about one's commitment : you can cover all the races of one given championship, or several races of different championships, or you can submit just a few articles then and again, or even just a one-off.

Those interested will be given access to a dedicated sub-forum where the writing team will manage its schedule and organisation.




Nous sommes à la recherche de quelques journalistes du simracing pour écrire des articles qui seront publiés sur le  site HSO . Notre but est de publier régulièrement des articles relatant nos courses et championnats, mais le temps nous manque pour nous consacrer pleinement à cette activité chronophage . Nous nous occuperons par contre de tout ce qui concerne la mise en forme et l'intégration au site des articles, ce qui signifie que les éventuels intéressés n'auront qu'à nous soumettre leur texte. Ceux qui le souhaitent peuvent également joindre des screenshots pour illustrer leur article. Il est également possible de n'envoyer que des screenshots, sans texte.

Nous accepterons aussi des articles autres que des rapports de course : interviews, portraits, articles sur le simraing en général ou sur l'histoire du sport automobile, etc.

Bien entendu, chaque article devra être écrit dans un français clair et intelligible, et autant que possible d'une manière objective et intelligente . Les admins HSO seront au final les seuls à décider de la publication ou non d'un article. Mis à part celà, nous nous contenterons d'éditer les articles en ce qui concerne la mise en page, la correction des fautes et des fautes de frappe - jamais le contenu. Il n'y a pas de limitation de taille en tant que telle, même si un article de mille (1000) mots peut être regardé comme une bonne base pour un rapport de course.

Il est préférable de pouvoir s'engager à l'année, mais il n'y pas de limitations à votre engagement : vous pouvez couvrir toutes les courses d'un seul championnat, ou plusieurs courses de différents championnats, ou simplement envoyer un article de temps en temps.

Ceux d'entre vous qui souhaitent faire partie de l'équipe de journalistes auront accès à un sous-forum où se fera toute la gestion de cet aspect de la league.

There was a portuguese guy who seems to be an eligible one, If I'm not mistaken. I don't remember who exactly. I'll do a quick search to see if I can find him

Here he is : Guilherme Miranda

Quoting Guilherme: "Yes. As I usually say, I am not a pure passionate for simulation, I enjoy it if it's realistic due to my main interest, that is archiving things, talking with people related to, and writing about motorsport history; so I generally put my money on magazines and books, because I don't play much. Let's say that, in competition speaking, I am an amateur gentleman driver."

I wouldn't mind submitting race reports

OK Alessio

Tiago, Guilherme could be an idea but I think it would be better if insiders did the job. It would help a lot to know about the HSO drivers I reckon. How about you ?

Time' a little short at this point.

And to be honest..... patience too

Voulant etre un journaliste,ce job m'interesse,mais pour écrire un article intéressant d'une course il faudrait que les pilotes relatent leurs fait de courses avec le tour indiqué (accrochage,bataille interessante,abandon,sortie de piste,etc...) par MP ou sur un topic spécial
Ensuite je (et les autres qui serait intéressé) ferait le tri afin de d'etre le plus pertinent possible

Ben c'est aussi le job du sim-journaliste de visionner les replay. Mais c'est sur que des rapports de course assez précis ça aide bien.

Oai c'est simplement pour faciliter un peu le travail

If you'd like some assistance with some English race reports I'd be happy to help. I'm a writer for a reasonably big sim racing league and have done plenty of race reports for them, so I have some experience.

Cool Ben

OK Ben and Victor . You two as well as Alessio have access to the dedicated sub-forum now

I could possible do some real life historical stuff, For example Real drivers from our series, so say Andy Rouse or say Ivan Capelli from F1 1991, Maybe even something on the actual series or even the cars from the series.

So for example : The Rise and fall of Jerry Mahoney, From leading the BTCC in his 2nd full season to being put in prison for his part in drug smuggling.

Just an idea.

Thanks Richard

Sounds good Richard . I'll give you access to the dedicated sub-forum

On a une bonne base niveau journalistes anglais, mais seul le petit Victor côté français... Allez les gaulois, soyez pas timides !

Sounds interesting. I dabbled in book reviews a while or so ago and could carry ideas and techniques from that over to this.

OK You now have access to the dedicated forum

I would be interested in helping with English language race reports and other written features

Wow, so many new journalists; can't wait to read some race reviews and other stuff

I would be very interested! I'm sure you've seen my wall-of-text race reports after every race! I do enjoy writing them also.

I have an idea too - writers can be tagged as writers in their profile (on the left of their posts, where 'rookie' etc is), and have the ability to ask users to post where their incidents are in a seperate thread. (as simple as people want as 'I was battling on lap ___. I crashed on lap ___. etc), to give the writers a full picture of the race, so they can look through the replay and write a detailed report.

I'm just throwing ideas out there... you know!

OK Jon you now have access to the dedicated forum

I'm not sure about the status for writers, we'll see over time I guess. I wouldn't be in favour of an additional public thread asking drivers about details about their race - some drivers enjoy writing their race reports and go into a lot of details, while others just don't ^^ . However that doesn't prevent you from inquiring via PM or even on the dedicated race thread