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Dodgers: One beat writer left

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Screwball, May 1, 2009.

  1. da man

    da man Well-Known Member

    Just did a google search for "special to mlb.com" and came up with quite a number of freelance efforts from this season.
     
  2. Cousin Jeffrey

    Cousin Jeffrey Active Member

    mlb.com absolutely still uses freelancers. it's not an urban myth. they stopped paying interns. big difference.
     
  3. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    I know of whom you speak. And I know there were times when he ate TWICE.
    He would show up right when the dining room opened at 5 p.m. or so and eat, then go out to the press box and read the paper or use the phone, then a little while before the game started at about 7 p.m or so, he would go back in for a second meal.
    And I can confirm, he never wrote one word.
     
  4. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    They would call him the "Double Dip."
    Mud -- who, um, was ok with dining -- told a great story about him.
     
  5. Screwball

    Screwball Active Member

    Was this the same guy who made everyone watch him brush his teeth in the men's room?
     
  6. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    He also got re-assigned to agate and dropped his SE with one punch.
     
  7. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    The classy Tom Hoffarth, in before lock:

    http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2009/05/our-daily-dread-29.html

    (And I'll cut and paste the relevant passages, in case LANG really does delete this blog entry):

     
  8. dragonfly

    dragonfly Member

    So what if local coverage is freelance? At least there is local coverage.
     
  9. fishwrapper

    fishwrapper Active Member

    Well, because there is a question of quality, oversight and continuity. With fewer editors and more freelancers there's an intrinsic loss.
    Everytime they look to trim costs, before they look to staff and travel, guess which budget gets immediate scrutiny?
     
  10. rpmmutant

    rpmmutant Member

    I resemble that remark these days. The real question is how many more opportunities will there be for local freelancers like myself.
     
  11. Claws for Concern

    Claws for Concern Active Member

    Tom Hoffarth is DEFINITELY one of the great ones at the DN. Always has and always will. Great writing on a tough subject.
     
  12. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    As the Singleton Turns:

    Heard that the Long Beach paper had its sports freelance budget eliminated recently.

    Likely not alone in the group.
     
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