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Nats beat writer asks blog readers to send him to spring training

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by BB Bobcat, Feb 9, 2010.

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  1. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Escort services and dope dealers proved this a long time ago. What's your point?
     
    Smasher_Sloan, Mar 1, 2010
    #229
  2. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    My point? If you have to ask, there's no point trying to explain it to you.
     
    Johnny Dangerously, Mar 2, 2010
    #230
  3. VJ

    VJ Member

    As much as I hate bumping this horrible thread, here's a piece on Zuckerman that former colleague Patrick Hruby did:

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hruby/100302_mark_zuckerman_washington_nationals_blogger&sportCat=mlb
     
    VJ, Mar 3, 2010
    #231
  4. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Horrible thread?

    Would you people man up, please? This has been one of the best threads of 2010.

    It's relevant, interesting, contains some good back-and-forth.

    If you want to see a horrible thread, go read about somebody named Chef2 scraping a corn off his foot with a razor blade.
     
    Lugnuts, Mar 3, 2010
    #232
  5. BB Bobcat

    BB Bobcat Active Member

    From the ESPN story...

    I wish every blogger would cut this out and paste it on to his computer screen.
     
    BB Bobcat, Mar 3, 2010
    #233
  6. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Keep in mind, Mark is a blogger in name only. He has a credential, he has access, etc. He just takes his info and posts it on a Web site - hence he gets the blogger label.
    He's a beat writer. Not a blogger.
     
    Moderator1, Mar 3, 2010
    #234
  7. BB Bobcat

    BB Bobcat Active Member

    The quote above was from an actual blogger, and it was referring to Mark as the beat writer. I guess I didn't make that clear.

    Back when I was doing precisely what Mark is doing, I referred to myself this way: "I'm not a blogger. I'm a writer who blogs."
     
    BB Bobcat, Mar 3, 2010
    #235
  8. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    The quoted blogger is also a very good one - the best of them realize the distinction between actual beat reporting and blogging. As a blogger myself, I damn sure know they're not one and the same.

    Mark is doing actual beat reporting VIA a blog (for now). Something will break for him soon. He's too good, way too good, to be hanging out with us clowns in mom's basement.
     
    Moderator1, Mar 3, 2010
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