tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post5136624954854058966..comments2023-03-25T06:35:20.515-07:00Comments on Moderately Cerebral Bias: Too Many Bloggers? Not Enough Bloggers (Video)MCBiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158534411541450613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post-80910749629879070382011-10-04T01:04:56.784-07:002011-10-04T01:04:56.784-07:00I have done some investigating reporting in my day...I have done some investigating reporting in my days covering college baseball from being the only publication that actually went with a student athlete breaking his neck sliding into second base or when the Chicago State baseball coach had lies all over his resume. We ended up beating the Chicago papers to that story. <br /><br />Here is the original story<br />http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2008/06/16/cbb-exclusive-chicago-state-baseball-coach-lies-on-resume/<br /><br />Then how the papers in Chicago reacted<br />http://www.aolnews.com/2008/07/07/sun-times-scoop-broken-weeks-ago-at-babes-love-baseball-colle/Brian Foleyhttp://www.collegebaseballdaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post-64974256106808651682011-10-03T13:34:39.388-07:002011-10-03T13:34:39.388-07:00@Brian the Second: Sorry it took so long to reply....@Brian the Second: Sorry it took so long to reply. Ha, excellent point about the Blogs with Balls title. "Hey, women, I don't understand why you don't want to come to our blog convention when it sounds like a frat party. I'm shocked!"<br /><br />You know, I think you're right about the pro writer and indie writer sentiment. I didn't feel like I was seeing a roomful of bloggers with non-mainstream opinions. I felt instead that I was looking at a roomful of writers trying to get their big break. There was more than a hint of network schmoozing. <br /><br />Brian, I think your Kindle Singles and Special Report ideas make a lot of sense. Why not create great content and get paid for it? The current ad-heavy model makes little sense. I've seen bloggers write books, but I don't know if that is best use of their skills. A lot of the books just seem like blog entries held together by string. So why not sell blog entries themselves? <br /><br />But the 20k idea...let's be honest, I think most bloggers couldn't do a truly investigative report. We don't get many true reporters in blogland, at least not by what I've seen. Still, I kind of wonder if a more low-key model, where I could hire a blogger to write a story on a topic of my choosing, could work. Consider a patron model: I pay a blogger $100 to write a story on the 1980 Browns or what not. Couldn't that work? Are you still a big fan of the self-publishing model, btw?<br /><br />And yes, you definitely made a great move to get out of sports blogging. I'm more convinced than ever that there is little $ in sportswriting: got to do it for the love of the game, heh. The cushy 6-figure jobs also seem to be disappearing in some ways.MCBiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158534411541450613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post-73120603010327526902011-10-03T13:27:16.226-07:002011-10-03T13:27:16.226-07:00@Brian The First: I definitely agree hiring just t...@Brian The First: I definitely agree hiring just to make one's staff look more diverse is a mistake. There is nothing readers hate more than feeling like they are getting bad writing pushed on them.MCBiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158534411541450613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post-9087709652492791952011-09-28T11:49:13.871-07:002011-09-28T11:49:13.871-07:00Maybe not calling it Blogs With Balls would help. ...Maybe not calling it Blogs With Balls would help. lol<br /><br />I dunno - isn't blogging as a whole kind of a term that's passed or at least passing? When the term emerged, the format and software were a novelty. But at this point - when most publications are online (and Grantland is a publication, not a blog), shouldn't it just be referred to as "writing"? <br /><br />Then you have pro writers and indie writers.<br /><br />I know this is playing semantics in some way, but isn't the discussion really "how do you break into professional writing"? I feel like even using the term "blogging" confuses the issue, especially - and this is something I'd LOVE to take on with an entity that could promote it - when you could publish a 15,000 piece via Kindle Singles and sell it at .99?<br /><br />Would 20K buy a SPECIAL REPORT of some kind, that was an in-depth profile or long-form investigative piece of journalism? This is going on in other sectors - why not in sports writing?<br /><br />In conclusion, I 'm glad I got out of sports-blogging.Brianhttp://www.brian23.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388572537156739169.post-85764541064587756122011-09-27T22:13:24.039-07:002011-09-27T22:13:24.039-07:00Well said man...You didn't even get to meet my...Well said man...You didn't even get to meet myself and my female staffer. I don't look at my female staffer as a woman but as a solid writer. I think women bloggers should be looked at just like guys. They either are good or not.....doesn't matter what sex they are.Brian Foleyhttp://collegebaseballdaily.comnoreply@blogger.com