Blogs and sports journalism

The Lowell Sun - a local paper here in Massachusetts - has an article today on blogs and traditional media - specifically blogs that are treading on the turf of sports journalists. The piece mentions a few local sports blogs here in the Boston area. The great thing about these sports blogs is they fill some of the holes in sports reporting by the mainstream media. They also can be great for the truly obssesive fan who wants every detail. Thanks to Steve at Shesgotgame (one of the blogs filling the hole on coverage of women's basketball) for letting me know about this article.

Speaking of blogs, I'm going to my first academic conference in San Antonio later this week to present a paper I wrote about newspapers and blogs. I'm curious to see how my piece is accepted - I hope a few people are interested in my piece and stop by as I stand there in a conference room idling by my poster (don't ask - I'm not good with crafts and this has been a struggle). I'm expecting to be challenged because there is a lot of resistance and/or misundertanding about what blogs are about and what their role is in journalism, if any. But I'm looking forward to hearing what other journalism academics think.

Comments

[Nadia]

I agree with you. Blogs are a great treasure for hardcore fans. There is a site called associatedcontent.com that is always looking for articles. Maybe you should submit that paper that you wrote. There is a chance of getting paid for it as well. Good luck with everything!

[josh-lemuel]

Hmm...my heart and prayer are with you. Good luck on the presentation! I am a fan of poker, chess, ">http://www.aces-and-party.com/"> wnba (not nba) and yes...the pba (that is Philippine Basketball).

I think blogs would be playing a very significant role very soon.

Again, hope to hear from you about what happened to yhocour endeavor.