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Chicago media and WNBA

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Sports Barf, Oct 3, 2021.

  1. Sports Barf

    Sports Barf Well-Known Member

    What a bad look for Chicago media…


     
  2. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    Do they have a sky beat reporter?

    you have three major teams playing today and the other two in training camp plus I’m assuming so I would imagine this was at least sixth on the list of importance. I don’t know if they sent someone to northwesterns game but they would be traveling today
     
  3. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    I forgot reporters were supposed to be advocates of the teams they cover.
     
  4. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    So if I'm reading her bio right, we have a Sun-Times writer calling out the rest of the Chicagoland media?

    Add to Della's list the Illini writer(s), but betting they're based in Champaign, not Chicago.
     
  5. BurnsWhenIPee

    BurnsWhenIPee Well-Known Member

    Shit, she should be celebrating.

    She had a monopoly on media availability for what she maintains is a monster-interest, can't-miss beat.

    Also, what micro said ...
     
  6. Equalizer

    Equalizer Member

    I've picked up the Sun-Times a few times in the last couple of weeks when I've been in the Chicago area. She should probably be worried about her own writing before worrying what everyone else is doing.
     
  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Could it be possible that some writers informed the team's media rep that they had conflicts and made other arrangements? I somehow doubt that the Chicago Sky is a fortress when it comes to access.
     
  8. JimmyHoward33

    JimmyHoward33 Well-Known Member

    Yeah crying about getting what amounts to exclusives is a weird look
     
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  9. Typist Clerk

    Typist Clerk Well-Known Member

    Iowa used to (and may still) have a separate teleconference for opposing team writers. In Kirk Ferentz’s first season, for the Northwestern game, I was the only one on the call. I did not complain nor call out my peers.
     
  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    At this point, almost all of them are, and they're not shy about it, and it has long been true at the highest levels of the business. That's the funny thing. While reporters at smaller outlets always worried about telling the story objectively and earning critics along the way for doing so - at this point, some might even call them immoral to tell both sides of something - the stars in the industry happily stumped for their pals. Got rich doing so, too.
     
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  11. rtse11

    rtse11 Well-Known Member

    I didn't realize there was a need for "media availability" in the WNBA
     
  12. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    How many people even realized the WNBA season is still going on?
     
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