Tom-Tom rants, raves, rambles and ruminations are volunteered and express the opinions of the writer. Autowriters.Com invites readers to submit a tom-tom. Your reward: a byline and an audience of your peers. All submissions are acknowledged, queued and used at the editor’s discretion. Keith Griffin’s reviews of new cars and articles about the automotive… Continue Reading
Category Archives: The Tom-Tom
John Rettie: Living Content is Quality Content
Now anyone can start a publishing company at virtually zero cost. However, the chances of making a lot of money are still slim. Perhaps these content mills are currently a better way for new writers to get started – at least they make some money.
Tom-Tom: Doug Stokes
Doug Stokes has been a practicing automotive PR type since “way back when.” His work has taken him from running the IKF (Go-Karts) to promoting Sprint Cars at Perris Auto Speedway, and from an early environmental auto assignment (Geo Tree Program) to NASCAR as the communications director for Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Along the way… Continue Reading
In Defense of Automotive Journalism
The plentitude of pixels has muted the old saw, “don’t get in a war of words with someone who buys ink by the barrel” as PR pro John McCandless evidences in his response to Jack Baruth’s April Tom-Tom. Baruth proposed, “auto journalism as we know it should die.” McCandless, who has PR in his blood… Continue Reading
Tom-Tom: Automotive Journalism’s Credibility Gap
Jack Baruth says he is the only person in American history to hold both a professional BMX racing license and a professional auto racing license. This, combined with five dollars, he notes, will get you a “venti” at Starbucks. He has been writing for publication since 1991 and wrote the unpopular “One Racer’s Perspective” and… Continue Reading