NYT confirms it: Print reporters being lured away by ESPN

Following on the heels of similar stories by the WSJ and Slate's Jack Shafer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/business/media/24sportswriters.html?ref=media&pagewanted=all

The thing I haven't read in any of the stories was why ESPN targeted these particular journos and if it indicates something bigger down the line. Because right now they are only competing with themselves.

And are we to expect any more big announcements in the next few weeks?

 

Makes me wish I'd come along a bit before now so I could've made it to the top by now and had the experience and name(and well talent hopefully) to be snatched up like that.

150,000 a year sounds much nicer than my current 23,000.

 

I think more than the money, the thing I envy about those lured by ESPN is that they have the resources and time to do the kind of writing and reporting you'd want to do. Larger pieces, pieces that have some weight to them, instead of a round-up of the local bowling league or daily twattle just to "fill the paper up."

 

I majored in twattle at UGA.

 

INteresting part of the article is the thought that trickle-up salary is happening newspapers' sports departments, while all other editorial sections are contracting like crazy.

 

It's OK. you can tell them the good news about me.

 

You're up to nine seconds? Mazel.

 

Yeah, ESPN probably has the resources for big-time news gathering, but will they get to it? Yahoo Sports is making much more impact in that area.

 

I thought you majored in twatwaffle.

 

Yahoo Sports is serious about the gathering and reporting of news. ESPN seems to be more interested in having the best collection of names and faces on television.

 

ESPN does a fine job of confirming what's already been reported, though.