Monthly Archives: November 2012

It Doesn’t Have to Be Us vs. Them…

It’s easy to be star struck sometimes as a journalist, no matter what the grizzled veterans of the Fourth Estate say…The first time you’re in an interview situation with the likes of Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Tiger  Woods, it’s real…I know I was…I hoped i didn’t embarrass myself or worse, draw the dreaded glare!…So when […]

Is Anybody Watching?

When twenty five students in a sports journalism class were asked recently whether or not they watched  sports coverage on their local news channel, the response was unanimous, not one hand shot skyward…And you know what, it’s not surprising… It’s not because they come from out of state…It’s not because they don’t follow the “local” […]