(11-01-2019, 08:43 AM)SportPsychMav Wrote: "Real" journalists have a hard time fighting for recognition and position.
Posted this in the Doncic thread (where you'll find a great article by The Ringer) but it really belongs here.
IMO The Ringer is putting out good stuff because their writers actually know what they're doing.
Meanwhile, as discussed in another thread, most local Mavs coverage is offered by untrained bloggers or last-generation beat writers who aren't offering much more than you can get from some random dude on a barstool with nba-stats-dot-com on his phone.
There's another thread talking about the changes in the media industry. Clearly it's in transition. But real, honest, good, modern content will still break through.
When talented professional writers realize they can't keep their jobs by serving up warmed leftovers, generic stats & recaps that are available for free from a million places we'll start to see more of this kind of thing. And people will pay for it.
My big problem with Dallasbasketball .com is the content is no better than it was in 2005. In fact, it's probably worse.
Donuts are now mostly just links to old stories or quotes. Nothing new or interesting. Worse, take a look at one of Fish's video blogs. It's totally transparent that the videos are NOTHING more than a blatant attempt to capture long-form advertising revenue. ZERO production value. Just Fish talking with a bunch of ads every few minutes. The site is a dinosaur and needs to evolve or it will die.