In reporting next week's news analysis about sports crisis coverage, a sports journalist spoke to me about what it means for newsrooms to have sports stories on page one. Jeff Schultz, sports columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says reporters from both news and sports desks are typically assigned to national sports stories.
“We had 10 Michael Vick stories in the paper the other day,” Schultz says via e-mail. “Six in the A section and four in sports, but I'm guessing the bylines between ‘sports’ and ‘news’ people were even.” Vick plays for the Atlanta Falcons.
The full story will run online tomorrow.
“We had 10 Michael Vick stories in the paper the other day,” Schultz says via e-mail. “Six in the A section and four in sports, but I'm guessing the bylines between ‘sports’ and ‘news’ people were even.” Vick plays for the Atlanta Falcons.
The full story will run online tomorrow.
