Article on Sports Reporters adapting to the Internet

I found an article on how sports reporters who are at newspapers are adapting to the the internet. It talks about how some reporters use social media, others to not. Personally, I see some reporters who use social media a lot, some who only use it a little and other reporters do not use social media at all.

The reporters who use social media a lot are the ones who Tweet frequent updates at games, post pictures, post their game stories, and other information. These reporters might also blog in addition to their articles with other information and commentary. The reporters who use it a little are the ones who Tweet/post at quarters only. Finally, the reporters who don't use social media go to games and or events, take notes, do their interviews and then file their story. Their stories often get less views people don't know them as well.

The article also talks about the old-school reporters not treating blogging as reporting/journalism. It is not traditional journalism, but it is journalism in my opinion. Yes, anyone can create a blog, but people should be able to tell what is real and fake news. Also, it is a way for people to break into the journalism industry.

This article relates to my SM4SC campaign because I want to show how important the internet and social media is nowadays in sports reporting. It is much tougher to compete in the industry without being very active on social media. 

Article On Correlation Between Social Media and Sports Journalism

I am someone who is an aspiring sports journalist and use social media to give out information, find information and to promote my work and the work of others. I read an article on the correlation between social media and sports journalism.

This article has some description and then uses charts and graphics to explain how social media and sports journalism have a correlation. The article says that 54% of all journalists use Twitter. Personally, I use it all of the time. I am surprised however, that the percentage is not higher. I think this is because some are still set in their ways and are "old-school." That being said, with newspapers unfortunately dying, journalists need a social media presence to stay relevant.

The article gives stats for ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports, uses Twitter, Facebook and Youtube and are very successful at these. Due to the fact that people are "cutting the cord," ESPN needs to still have a presence to those who don't watch ESPN on TV and to the younger audience who is always on social media on their smartphones.

This article really helps to show my SM4SC campaign because it gives statistics to the use of social media for sports journalism and just doesn't give opinion or general information.