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Getting It Right, Or Getting It First: How Joe Paterno's 'Death' Is Breaking The News
The culture of the news media is irreparably broken in 2012. With that basic premise out of the way, it's easy to see how such major mistakes in the field of "journalism" can continue to be made, despite our seemingly instant access to information. On a daily basis, someone in the media gets...
Interview with C. Trent Rosecrans and Lee Heidel of CNati.com
CNati.com is/was a local startup sporting news company. Frontlined by C. Trent Rosecrans, of the defunct Cincinnati Post, it was an independent news source that attempted to fill a void created when the Cincinnati Post, Dayton Daily News, and Columbus Dispatch either closed their doors or ceased...
Re. The Power Of Social Media In Shaping Today's College Athletics
As we are just hours away from today's BN podcast (tune in and come over here around 7pm PST), I am going to set that up with a little meta analysis on power of social media. During the 2009 UCLA football program has had some interesting experience in dealing with the world of social media in the...
Discussing Journalism and New Media with Mike Heika, Bob Sturm and Greg Wyshynski - Part Two
In Part Two we discuss the issue of team access, the credibility of blogs and the new ways journalists can reach out to readers. Today Defending Big D presents the second half of our two-part discussion on the changing landscape of sports journalism. In this half of our discussion we switch gears a...
Discussing Journalism and New Media with Mike Heika, Bob Sturm and Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy
Defending Big D sits down with three experts to discuss the changing landscape of sports journalism. The topic of "new media" is one that has become hotly debated among journalists and bloggers alike, and just how we all fit together is under constant scrutiny and change. With newspapers being...
Roundup From BN Walk: Dumb Reasoning Behind Ariza's Move, Pac-10 Media Day & Other Notes
Let's start the Humpday roundup with another tidbit on Trevor Ariza. Actually this ESPN article on Ariza has already been flagged by Sideout11 in the fanshot section. But I found this part to be really funny (emphasis added): Sources say several factors led to Ariza's decision. First, his toddler...
Rebuilding the Promise of Rocktober: Community Outreach
Purple Row opened its doors on 28 April 2005, the season in which the Rockies lost 95 games. The losses alone could have turned someone off from blogging about the team, but Rox Girl persisted throughout the rest of the season (the offseason was a different story). Then in 2006, the monster grew a...
BruinsNation Sits Down With Coach Rick Neuheisel: Part 1
Greetings Bruins. Well, I haven't been around much lately. But I'm pleased to say that my return is, well, a doozy. Yesterday morning, ryebreadraz and I had the pleasure of a sit down interview with UCLA head football coach Rick Neuheisel. The interview was the product of the hard work of SB...
Using New Media Tools To Boost Winners: Need To See Urgency From Morgan Ctr
So couple of weeks ago I offered up some quick thoughts on YouTubing/UCLA FB (athletics) with a suggestion for the folks at Morgan Center should take a page out of Cal AD’s playbook who have already set up their official youtube channel. I want to follow up that with couple of tactical...












