Why My Views on Sports Media Have Changed
Many bloggers make very educated suggestions in their blogs that coaches or managers may not have considered, since they are seeing it in a different light. A good sports blogger is someone who follows their own personal code of ethics, but also portrays the voice of the die-hard fans in an easy-to-understand written format. Being a fan and a new-school journalist is a big responsibility that the serious sports blogger understands. Many years ago, before I was granted media access by the St. Louis Blues NHL team, I wrote this portion of a large piece where I contested that nontraditional media should be considered for press-box access. I strongly believed this, as my main takeaways stressed that the people covering the team from a nontraditional source (blogs and podcasts) would tell the story that the traditional media can't. They don't have affiliations with the teams they are covering, nor do they have a producer or editor cutting down any negative comments about said team...