tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post5729913717527565307..comments2024-03-26T07:26:47.520-05:00Comments on I Bleed Crimson Red: The demise of the local investigative sports journalistDavid L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-56616908457233798342011-06-22T15:05:18.132-05:002011-06-22T15:05:18.132-05:00Like I said, the reporter would go where it leads....Like I said, the reporter would go where it leads. The problem is the managment, usually out of state, that sees it from a Cost/Benefit standpoint. Meaning, that if School A does poorly, then that hurts sales. Papers make money on special editions after champions, not on breaking down LOI's.Jeremy Colemanhttp://twitter.com/jeremycolemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-66489975093305200492011-06-22T09:02:51.320-05:002011-06-22T09:02:51.320-05:00I think the state's dailies would do a story i...I think the state's dailies would do a story if it fell in their lap. But the point of the post is that dedicating resources to finding a story and developing it are probably a thing of the past.<br /><br />Senior Staffer really is a dedicated professional journalist and whether or not his story raised the ire of the school wouldn't factor into his decision to go to press with it.<br /><br />That's the impression I got during our conversation.David L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16101814388952997386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5335013332653784695.post-35460657376901461012011-06-22T08:18:13.039-05:002011-06-22T08:18:13.039-05:00I disagree with the premise that newspapers don...I disagree with the premise that newspapers don't do true investigations anymore due to resources. If they had all the money in the world, they would still not do anything that could truly hurt the University for several reasons. First, if the U doesn't like the reporting of a paper or even a group of papers, then the U can just shut out that group. The U's don't need the paper to get their message out. U's have their own TV stations for Pete's sake. Secondly, papers admit that they sell more papers when the school they cover does well. That doesn't mean that reporters won't do their job, but the management of the paper is not motivated to encourage the NCAA to investigate the school they cover. So, they won't/can't justify putting a person on a story for an extended period of time.<br />Basically, internet killed the newspaper star. That is a good thing. I don't hate newspapers, but they are the buggy and whip makers of the 21st century. If you like them then keep buying them, but just don't demand that Woodward and Bernstein haunt the press boxes in the SEC. The investigative newspaperman has walked into a cornfield in Iowa.Jeremy Colemanhttp://twitter.com/jeremycolemannoreply@blogger.com