In June 2011, I applied for examiner.com to be a video game journalist with no experience other than putting up reviews on metacritic and having an espn blog. I got paid very little based on hits, but used my resourses such as N4G and reddit and other social networking to build a following. After about six months, I started reaching out to
PR companies about review copies of games. The first free game I received was NCAA 13. Could not believe it. Soon Madden, and others followed. I was hired for gamingtruth.com about a month ago to contribute there as well. You just have to follow through and be dedicated, no matter how slow it starts. Eventually, you can amount to something if you're good at what you do. It helps I know how to write, however I have crappy grammar at times.