Over the last couple weeks my RSS media feeds has been dominated by reports of journalism misspellings, typos and editorial miscues.
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Twitter on fire over Pujols deal
The sports world is buzzing over today’s news that Albert Pujols is leaving the St. Louis Cardinals after the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim offered him a 10-year, $254 million contract.
Reporting on Controversy
The John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State held a live uStream forum called “A Conversation About Covering Controversy.” The panel included Jeremy Schapp from ESPN; Sara Ganim of the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., who broke the initial story; Mark Viera of The New York Times; Christine Brennan of USA Today; Jerry Micco, assistant managing editor/sports at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and moderator Malcolm Moran, director of the Curley Center.
Truth and/or consequences
Tuesday morning South Carolina Gamecocks head football coach Steve Spurrier started his day with another dose of media criticism. Nothing new. He’s endured it at Florida, Washington and now South Carolina, so the fact that Spurrier called an audible at this morning’s press conference after reading State newspaper columnist Ron “the negative guy” Morris’ column should come as no surprise.
Video: Sports Media Ethics
Poynter Media hosted a workshop on sports media ethics last week at Kent State University. The panel included Mike Wagner (investigative reporter, Columbus Dispatch), Marla Ridenour (columnist/reporter, Akron Beacon Journal) and Terry Pluto (columnist, Cleveland Plain Dealer). The group discussed the Jim Tressel/Ohio State investigation.
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