By R.L. Bynum Leaving newspapers, adjusting to the change wasn’t easy for Person Sports writers are no different than athletes: Changing teams and playbooks requires some adjustments. It took a few weeks for Joe Person to fully make the transition from decades in the newspaper industry to being part of The Athletic. Unlike most athletes,… Read more »
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Media Musings: “Saint” Ives Helps Make The GameDay Hoops Crew Look Good
by R.L. Bynum UNC alum a key part of ESPN’s College GameDay basketball broadcasts When an ESPN College GameDay broadcast starts Saturday morning during basketball season, most of the hardest work is done for the show’s main researcher. The rest of the week is much busier for Bryan Ives, a 31-year-old UNC alum from Charlotte… Read more »
Media Musings: Schools Prepare For ACC Network Launch
By R.L Bynum Duke ahead of the game as schools race to prepare for ACC Network When the ACC Network was announced in July 2016, the scramble began at nearly every league school to get the needed facilities built. There was no such scramble at Duke. Its facilities were part of the planned Blue Devil… Read more »
Media Musings: Pope Drives Traffic By “Riding With Recruits”
By R.L. Bynum Driving traffic to website by “Riding with Recruits” Today’s newspaper sports writers, like their digital-only colleagues, are as likely to be holding a phone as an old-school notepad. Many times, they are recording video of coaches and players more often than they are jotting down their words. The shift to video has… Read more »
Media Musings: NC’s McClatchy newspapers shedding personnel (again). It stinks, but here’s the latest….
By R.L. Bynum Sports editor, longtime photographer at The N&O take early-retirement offer More newsroom personnel at The N&O, The Herald-Sun and The Charlotte Observer accepted The McClatchy Company’s early-retirement offer than expected, and sports is affected at all three newspapers. In the consolidated N&O/Herald-Sun newsroom, Sports Editor Steve Ruinsky and longtime photographer Chuck Liddy… Read more »
Media Musings: Your favorite school’s best recruiter might be their social media team
By R.L. Bynum Social media has become key recruiting tool for college athletics programs Years ago, social media accounts were just nice to have for college sports information departments, which were more concerned with assisting the media. It’s still important for SIDs to give sports writers and broadcasters access and extensive information. But social media… Read more »
Media Musings: NASCAR Black Flags Media Days, NSMA Award Winners Named
by R.L. Bynum NASCAR media days get black flagged Imagine if the ACC suddenly decided to cancel its preseason media gatherings for football and basketball. The media interview the coaches and select players from each league school at the events and get information for numerous season preview packages. That’s not going to happen even though… Read more »
Media Musings: Freddie Kiger has the best seat on Tobacco Road, and he’s earned it
By R.L. Bynum From courtside, Freddie Kiger is a longtime master stats man for TV viewers Unless you’re a Civil War history buff, you might not know his name. You probably recognize his face because he has a great seat at the scorer’s table for all the big ACC games. You see him wearing a… Read more »