San Antonio SE to NBA.com

[Moderator1]

From The Pipeline:

Some news today from San Antonio, where sports editor Steve Quintana has given his two weeks' notice and announced he's taking a job as executive producer of NBA.com in Atlanta. In a memo to the staff, Express-News editor Robert Rivard said Steve, who'd headed the department for five years, will be replaced internally.

 

[jps]

good, smart editor. good for him.

 

[SF_Express]

good, smart editor. good for him.

Yeah, I dealt with him a long time ago, wanted to hire him in fact, didn't work out, very talented guy. Best to him.

 

[Editude]

I'll echo the good-guy vibe. He used to work in Atlanta for si.com, so he has a history there. He's been the NBA assigning editor in San Antonio all along, so the subject matter certainly will be familiar.

 

[Blitz]

I read the section every day and it's been damn good since I moved here in March.
Great high school coverage that's well-coordinated.
Congrats to Steve on what's hopefully an upward move.
Much less hassle at NBA.com, I suspect.
But who knows? Could be less money.
Hearst likely paid him well as SE

 

[Drip]

From The Pipeline:

Some news today from San Antonio, where sports editor Steve Quintana has given his two weeks' notice and announced he's taking a job as executive producer of NBA.com in Atlanta. In a memo to the staff, Express-News editor Robert Rivard said Steve, who'd headed the department for five years, will be replaced internally.

Steve will be missed but there are several capable replacements on staff. The question is how Rivard will make the decision. Not throwing names but there were guys on staff who were more than capable of taking over when Steve got the job a few years ago. Congrats on snagging the NBA gig Steve. I'm sure you will do well in hotlanta.

 

[Blitz]

Some, like Orsborn, McCarney or Krizak, may not want the job.
Doug Pils has AP experience and tons of other jobs he's worked.

Maybe the staff's most-tenured individual (and former sports ed.) Barry Robinson will be the man, even on an interim basis.

 

[Angola!]

I'm told San Antonio is so hard up, it had its WNBA writer "cover" the game by watching it on TV.

 

[Drip]

Some, like Orsborn, McCarney or Krizak, may not want the job.
Doug Pils has AP experience and tons of other jobs he's worked.

Maybe the staff's most-tenured individual (and former sports ed.) Barry Robinson will be the man, even on an interim basis.

Barry doesn't want the headache. He's fine where he's at. McCarney, a great guy, doesn't have the tenure. Orsborn would be the perfect fit but Tom doesn't need the headache and the overall bs that comes from it. There are others on the staff with tenure who are very well respected and are great motivators.

 

[Drip]

I'm told San Antonio is so hard up, it had its WNBA writer "cover" the game by watching it on TV.

Not doubting your contact angola but it's been done in the past. It definitely wouldn't be the first thing Steve or Rivard would openly agree to without serious soul searching.

 

[Angola!]

I'm told San Antonio is so hard up, it had its WNBA writer "cover" the game by watching it on TV.

Not doubting your contact angola but it's been done in the past. It definitely wouldn't be the first thing Steve or Rivard would openly agree to without serious soul searching.

Oh, it's true.

Also, you should just use AP copy if you are going to make a writer "cover" a game by watching it on TV. No wonder newspapers are dying.

 

[Drip]

I'm told San Antonio is so hard up, it had its WNBA writer "cover" the game by watching it on TV.

Not doubting your contact angola but it's been done in the past. It definitely wouldn't be the first thing Steve or Rivard would openly agree to without serious soul searching.

Oh, it's true.

Also, you should just use AP copy if you are going to make a writer "cover" a game by watching it on TV. No wonder newspapers are dying.

Again, I'm sure some serious soul searching went in by both Steve and Bob before a decision on doing it.
These are screwed up times and papers are doing weird things to stay afloat.

 

[Angola!]

Serious soul searching or not, it's stupid.

 

[Drip]

Serious soul searching or not, it's stupid.

No argument on that point.

 

[Fran Curci]

If there really are several people qualified to be sports editor, that's a heck of a staff. Sometimes, you can't find anybody in-house.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

No surprise here. The NBA coverage at the Express-News was always among the best in the country.

They cover the hell out of the Spurs and they don't make it seem excessive, which is very impressive.

 

[Drip]

No surprise here. The NBA coverage at the Express-News was always among the best in the country.

They cover the hell out of the Spurs and they don't make it seem excessive, which is very impressive.

Mizzou, the Spurs have always been covered well in San Antonio. Back in the day when there were two papers in town, the Spurs coverage was outstanding.

 

[Angola!]

mizzou what about a major metro making a writer byline a story by watching a game on tv? who cares how good the nba coverage is.

 

[Drip]

mizzou what about a major metro making a writer byline a story by watching a game on tv? who cares how good the nba coverage is.

Angola, did they actually make him write a byline story? I believe there is more to what actually happened.
I know of guys who have written byline stories from the tube. I know a few who got fired for it too.
With the price of travel and budget cuts, I have a feeling many papers are going to be covering it by TV. In the old days, guys used to write game stories by radio.

 

[batts]

mizzou what about a major metro making a writer byline a story by watching a game on tv? who cares how good the nba coverage is.

Angola, did they actually make him write a byline story? I believe there is more to what actually happened.
I know of guys who have written byline stories from the tube. I know a few who got fired for it too.
With the price of travel and budget cuts, I have a feeling many papers are going to be covering it by TV. In the old days, guys used to write game stories by radio.

I'm told story was not a byline, just a hold to cover staff report. It was also done because AP California stood no chance of filing a report from a 9:30 p.m. Central start in time to make a Central deadline.