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.