America's Next Top Automotive Journalist

How many people do you know who have been affected by the recession? Probably more that one.  Has the Great Recession affected you? It’s very likely, even if you haven’t lost your job. While the economic litmus test is unemployment rate, often times we neglect to think about those who are underemployed.

While the national unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, the underemployment rate is closer to 22 percent.

I’m a person who loves to take bad situations and make good out of them. My political views are more left than right, but I’ve taken a page out of the right-wing playbook: instead of waiting on others to get me through this recession, I’m taking the initiative to rely on myself to get through this recession.

So how am I doing that? I’m diving head first into going for my dream of becoming the future number-one automotive journalist in North America.

I think one possible way of doing that is creating my version of Top Gear; one of the most popular television shows on the planet with 350 million viewers worldwide. It is also the TV show that has inspired my career path for the past seven years.

American audiences are craving more Top Gear, but they’re stuck with year-old episodes on BBC America. NBC tried bringing an American version of Top Gear hosted by Adam Carolla to the primetime lineup, but that fell through … and that’s a shame because I was at that pilot episode’s filming, and the show was hilarious. More on that in another post.

But there is a craving that needs satiation. My goal in life is to fill that content vacuum.

So what’s the next step in achieving my ultimate goal? Today I’ll officially unveil this site to my pals on Facebook. I should have my business cards by week’s end as well.

And in the near future? Well, since I’m starting at nothing, I have to ask a lot of questions, so in my interview series, I will be asking people advice on how I should tailor my path to success … not just in the automotive media, but in other professions as well, like acting and business and academia because however people have become successful, the common thread among them is the good advice they can give.

This site is here to inspire all – not just the car people.

I’m still figuring out how to post my newsletter sign-up form to the Web site, but I’ve already set up everything on the newsletter side, so I’ll suss out the WordPress side soon.