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The Sports Beat: A Digital Reporting Mix—With Exhaustion Built In

Wanted: sports reporters. Requirements: Boundless energy, fast fingers, a thick skin, and no need for sleep. To do the job today means tracking innumerable team-related blogs and Twitter feeds, tweeting…
December 15, 2010

A Shrinking Sports Beat: Women’s Teams, Athletes

As newsroom staffs shrink and eyeballs measure interest, women’s sports coverage is losing ground it once seemed to be gaining.
December 15, 2010

Creating a Navigational Guide to New Media

Two veteran journalists illuminate the convergent paths ahead—for those who consume news and those who report it.
December 15, 2010

Statehouse Beat Woes Portend Bad News for Good Government

‘There’s an analogy between statehouse beat reporters—well, beat reporters in general—and cops on the beat who know the neighborhood and everyone in it.’
December 15, 2010

The Sports Tweet: New Routines on an Old Beat

‘As much as possible, I adhere to the same reporting rules with social media when it comes to breaking news. Do I have a reliable source? Is this information on…
December 15, 2010

The Sportswriter as Fan: Me and My Blog

‘Our blog made no bones about its utter subjectivity, but we were seen as more objective than those for whom objectivity was a commandment.’
December 15, 2010

When Local Eyes Were Watching Their Lawmakers

‘As beat writers know, it’s in doing these routine stories that they sniff out situations worthy of deeper digging.’
December 15, 2010

There’s Something to Be Said for Longevity

‘… the hardest part of my job often isn’t getting people to talk. It’s sifting through the streaming fire hose of news to figure out which stories truly warrant more…
December 15, 2010

The Capriciousness of Beats

‘Sometimes the overlooked topics may be more important than the ones that dominate the headlines.’
December 13, 2010

Expanding the Vision of the Nieman Foundation

‘Ten years later, as I prepare to retire in June, the foundation has a respected voice in the vibrant conversations about the future of journalism.’
December 10, 2010