John's Weekly Blog

  I tried to incorporate the personal topics I have discussed such as fishing and sports. I tried to mimic the logos of many fishing companies by including a flying fish. To diversify my logo, I included other sports that I watch and have talked about on the blogs. I made sure to keep all the other sports in the same black color, so that it is more visually appealing.

     It seems this season of Formula 1 has changed the power dynamic of the teams. It is no longer a two team race for first place in the constructers cup with poor showings from Red Bull and Mercedes.The trend remained true in Australia and Ferrari found themselves on top of the podium.     Max Verstappen, who won his first world championship last year, did not finish after he experienced a leak of burning fluids. Verstappen has been in contention in each race but cannot make it across the leaderboard. Red Bull's other driver, Sergio Perez, has been the steady rock for the team and continued the trend with a second place finish in Australia.     The Mercedes team has won eight straight Constructers Championships, but that streak seems to be in real danger of ending. Their cars do not seem to be as fast as the other top teams and major changes are needed. Lewis Hamilton is struggling to even compete for the top three in the standings with the...

  My ideal career choice would be to produce a top sports radio show or podcast. I have always been an avid listener of radio and enjoy the sports banter. Washington D.C. has many local sports radio stations, so there are multiple local opportunities.  To work in this industry, it is important to not only use social media to promote your show but also to keep up with what is going on in the world.       In the sports world, most news is broken over twitter and it is important to keep up with the news to keep the show as relevant as possible. Sports radio personalities also gain followings commenting and posting their takes about sports on social media. Social media seems to reward comedy, so often times radio show accounts and personalities will try to make jokes in order to get reposted.  It is important to understand social media in this career field because your success is reliant on it.