Hey BYH, remember the blogger vs. journalist 'access' debate?

henryhenry · Dec 11, 2006

vandelayindustries said:

I've had this discussion with others before, and I think the transformation of newspapers is coming faster than many of us realize.

Take sites like mlb.com and nba.com and nfl.com, which have "beat" writers for their teams. And also look at conferences like the Big Ten and SEC launching their own cable networks, as well as the NBA moving reporters away from the action and the NFL limiting access for local TV.

I'm convinced - although it won't be for a while - that everything will change. First, we're going to get charged for pressbox seating and parking. This, of course, will force many small papers to give up big beat reporting and rely more on the wire, and it will hasten the day when a chain has one reporter for all of its papers (much like the Tennessean handling Titans coverage for all of the Gannett papers in the state).

Then, TV folks won't be allowed to cover games because all of the games will be available on SEC TV or SEC 2 or SEC 3. And the SEC will send "gamers" to AP and newspaper across the country that are written by writers for secsports.com. The day will come.

We already see many small and medium market papers become micro local, and that trend will continue even more when the major sports leagues have their own writers and TV folks handling everything. Places like nba.com will battle the Daily Humdinger for readership.

Will any of this happen next week? Probably not. But the day is coming when "objective" journalists are harder and harder to find.

Well, that's my take, rant over.
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does it matter if sports 'journalism' is objective or not? nothing important is at stake, i.e., national security, health care, education. it's just entertainment and escapism.

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