Sports Journalism Today

“Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them.” – Edward R. Murrow
Although never mentioned by name, Murrow is at the root of a New York Times article earlier this week, written by Joseph Plambeck, that shines a light on sports blogs that don’t bother to hide [...]

Digs by the insecure, naive old guard of sports writing are as outdated as they are. It’s as if they view adapting to the present as a sign of weakness.

Jason Fry of The National Sports Journalism Center tackles an issue recently addressed by Murray Chass: the decreasing number of media covering the World Series.
While Chass lamented the loss of media, Fry went the other direction.
Writes Fry: “Why are more than half of those papers still sending reporters to the Series?”
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A memo from Bill Keller says eliminating NYT Sports is “not on the table.”

As my class shifts into discussions about who controls the message in sports journalism, it only makes sense to revisit the Nieman Journalism Lab’s smart and important series that debuted last summer, Shifting Media Power in Sports.
I’m reminded of the NFL’s attempt a few years back to force every photographer covering the event to wear [...]

I think this is a great idea – a grant- and advertising-driven news co-op – but I fear that it’s only going to succeed until someone else decides to do it for free. And instead of credible reporters, like this one will have, the free one will have an army of iPhone-toting, judgment-impaired wannabes.
Anyway, kudos [...]