Best SportsJournalists.com threads of the past

[Fdufta]

Got a long flight coming up. Certainly haven't been on here as long as most of you, but hit me with the best SJ.com threads from the past. Looking for throwback threads on the art of the craft, writing, breaking news, reporting, interviewing, networking... behind-the-scenes stories, reading recommendations, ethics debates, anything to take me back to a more simpler time where substance mattered.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Got a long flight coming up. Certainly haven't been on here as long as most of you, but hit me with the best SJ.com threads from the past. Looking for throwback threads on the art of the craft, writing, breaking news, reporting, interviewing, networking... behind-the-scenes stories, reading recommendations, ethics debates, anything to take me back to a more simpler time where substance mattered.

I am inept and tired so I will just copy and paste the title but this was the best.

Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

 

[dixiehack]

In the middle of page 6, this thread on Lane Kiffin ditching Knoxville moments ahead of the angry mob started morphing into access issues, when to honor PR ground rules or not and the needs of TV versus print. (Daddy, what's print?)

Welcome to the Pac-10, Lane Kiffin

 

[swingline]

Writing for mags like The New Yorker, GQ, Esquire, etc.

Also, Care Bear's breakdown of the 50 Shades of Grey book/movie.

And any Crossed Giblets of Death thread.

 

[dixiehack]

In the middle of page 6, this thread on Lane Kiffin ditching Knoxville moments ahead of the angry mob started morphing into access issues, when to honor PR ground rules or not and the needs of TV versus print. (Daddy, what's print?)

Welcome to the Pac-10, Lane Kiffin

Actually I take it back. That thread spun off this one, which is where the journalism talk happened.

Lane Kiffin Pre-Press Conference Drama

 

[daytonadan1983]

Does my Die Hard on a Deadline get an honorable mention.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Actually I take it back. That thread spun off this one, which is where the journalism talk happened.

Lane Kiffin Pre-Press Conference Drama

Jesus, that thread is Pishing me off all over again, 13 years later.

The willingness of some reporters to just forking grovel for access is embarrashing.

 

[MileHigh]

I am inept and tired so I will just copy and paste the title but this was the best.

Fate of Rocky Mountain News to be announced

Too soon!

 

[MileHigh]

I read this one every September because it was personal and the outpouring here really touched me -- and helped me. And leads me to stick around.

Terrible News For One of Our Own

 

[Pilot]

The haiku one was always up there for me. I haven't re-read it to make sure it's still funny, but...

It's 5-7-5, darn it!

 

[swingline]

If you haven't read it — or even if you have — @Batman's Vin Scully story is one of the best things this board has produced.

RIP, Angie.

 

[MisterCreosote]

Two years ago today ...

The four-act SJ play Versatile wrote in my honor. Here's the start, and I think it ends on page 5. Just read the whole thing. The reactions are good, too.