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Sports Journalism: Why the End of 2009 Portends Poorly for the New Decade
On January - 2 - 2010
The internet has changed many of the existing paradigms of journalism as newspapers and magazines have cut staff and expanded their online content. Before the internet, breaking a story meant publishing the next morning. Now being the first to report a story is separated by hours and minutes. As the demand for immediate news rises, it begs the question whether this will hurt sound journalistic practices?
To begin, and more importantly to not confuse ourselves, the majority of journalism is sound and will likely remain so. Small and regional community newspapers don't fit into this discussion and local beats at major ...