Sporting News on hockey blogs
by James Mirtle on Oct 24, 2008 8:59 PM CDT
2 comments
In the coverage of the NHL, bloggers have been filling the gaps, and 2008 has been the year of the NHL blogger.
An interesting look at what's happening in hockey blogging, including the recent incident involving the Oilers. Custance interviewed me for the story earlier this week.
This item was created by a member of this blog's community and is not necessarily endorsed by From The Rink.
0 recs |
2 comments
| Add comment
|
Email
Print
Comments
Interesting, to say the least
Living out here in the San Francisco Bay area, where there is a whopping one beat reporter currently covering the Sharks (fortunately, David Pollack does a very good job), I know there is a hunger for quality coverage. Hopefully FTF helps in that regard; it certainly helps I’ve accumulated some good, enthusiastic writers lately to beef up the content.
That said, please note the words ‘quality coverage.’ I work clean and insist everyone else do the same, including in the comments. And while I choose to be honest when talking about a player or the team when the level of play isn’t up to par, trash talk has no place in the blog. It’s might generate site visits by generating heat, but it’s no way to gain respectability from either the sportswriting community or the teams and players. If we want to be legitimate, we have to conduct ourselves professionally in print.
Team bloggers are primarily fans first. This should be reflected in their writing. If it isn’t and all someone does is bash, why bother?
by Diecast Dude on Oct 25, 2008 4:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This is the comment from the Sporting News article that made me laugh:
In secret, some teams fear a blogger is going to bring in a camera phone and release unauthorized pictures of their players behind the scenes to promote a blog. By making a blanket policy prohibiting all bloggers, you don’t have to be the one who makes the call on an individual who ends up getting you in trouble.
No need for bloggers to do anything – the players do that themselves! :)
I go to blogs for news for, I suspect, the same reasons a lot of other fans do – the profanity is irrelevant, the goofiness is sometimes fun, but also irrelevent – but blogs are updated frequently while newspaper websites aren’t always, and they often offer a different take on the game. It can be an interesting first-person account (which is why I enjoy liveblogs), or a statistical take in more depth than in the traditional media.
I do agree with offering credentials on a case-by-case basis, as not all bloggers even want press credentials. It depends on their style and their ambitions, and I haven’t heard any bloggers say they expect any kind of blanket acceptance.
It wouldn’t kill any team, no matter how popular, to deal a little more kindly with bloggers, though. Even if you don’t approve of what they are doing for good reasons, it never hurts to be classy and professional.
"A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with." -- Tennessee Williams
by Baroque on Oct 26, 2008 8:03 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Join the community and dive in!
Secondary Sidebar
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
