For this weeks readings, I found the "Finding their place in journalism" article more interesting. I liked how a study was done on sports writers to see what they thought about the profession. I do agree however, with the article that what the findings indicated was definitely biased, but I do agree with the responses they gave about how they felt about themselves in the profession. I do believe the craft is improving and I most certainly, 100% agree that sports writers are on par with regular news gathering journalists, if not even more creative.
On the topic of female sports coverage and female sports journalists, I agree with the article as well that men absolutely look down on women's sports. While their audience will never reach the level let say the NFL has, they definitely deserve more coverage because of the hard work those women put in. I do believe there has been an increase in women's coverage and an increase in the number of women looking to get involved in sports journalism which is very good because I know from doing play-by-play for the field hockey team that there are plenty good female athletes out there and their sports are just as interesting as male athletics.
I also agree with what journalist's reported as their biggest problem was: public perception. This is where I connected the "How technology is changing sports conversation" article. I completely agreed when they said first and fastest may not be the best, referring to getting something out first on Twitter. Putting together a complete story after the fact instead of teasing with "details to come later." This can lead to false information leaking out and harming the public's opinion on us journalists.
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