Very ugly day at CBSSports.com

Physically easy. Mentally challenging and stressful. Being creative, daily, is one of the harder things to do.

The job is also done in the public view and you also have exposure to things like legal liability, which not many people have in the course of their jobs.

 

Those guys started out 3-4 years ago making $750 a week and working 12-hour days when CBS started that old Rapid Reports thing. They were making more than that now but they paid their dues. Isolated, sedentary job that was tedious and repetitive. But yes, a jewel given all the unemployed journalists. Some guys who had been laid off as sports editors in big markets were begging to get in.

 

Terrible news. Very much enjoyed the RapidReports editing crew while I covered a college hoops team during the 2011-12 season.

Great folks who made us all better at what we did, even if we were all flying by the seat of our pants during the new venture.

That was such a great gig, as well as a tremendous learning experience.

 

A shame.

 

No, no, no.....<i>print</i> is dead. Online is the future.

 

But a volatile future with probably fewer decent jobs.

 

I'm chiming in with agreement to what blacktitleist said. All the remote editors are talented and great guys. I enjoyed working with them through Rapid Reports. Sorry to read the news.

 

Did CBS ever replace Jeff Goodman after he went to ESPN?

 

This basically means that the future will be one where there is ESPN and very little else...

 

Why not Fox Sports 1? Something will always emerge. It just can't happen overnight.

 

Come over to the dark side of the business world...