when journalists become marketers

Few weeks back when I decided to go freelance, I first tried to find out why and how I should build myself a profile online (after noticing a lot of listed freelancers doing that). But, before that – what actually made me want to go freelance? I was clueless how to handle the lean job market in London and I never knew how to tackle refusal, having had a smooth career in the past (with two years of journalistic experience with The Hindu group and before that, eight months of journalistic training at Sify’s online news portal). Why did I not get an interview call? Why did I not get a response? Why have I been turned down? The number of ‘why’ clouds started increasing by the day. That’s when I decided I should probably create an online web page for myself which will market me to the employer. And, here – expert journalists are now saying blogging is the door to the world of journalism. You first exhibit your talents as a citizen journalist and then enter mainstream media is what they say!