shaunsimpson
08-24-2009, 10:42 AM
I thought I would share this. Since the Post is no longer and the Enquirer is inadequate in my mind I thought I would share CTR (and possibly others) creation of www.cnati.com. It hasn't been launched yet, but read about it on his blog. I am a big fan of supporting actual journalist so check it out if you get some time when it is launched.
Short description:
CNati
While there are more and more places to get opinions, there are fewer and fewer places to find facts. The news media is shrinking due to costs and one of the places where it is shrinking the fastest is in sports coverage.
Several Ohio newspapers are pulling off of the pro beats -- the Cincinnati Post closed, the Columbus Dispatch is no longer covering the Reds and Bengals and the Dayton Daily News has already stopped covering the Bengals and has told Hall of Famer Hal McCoy he will no longer cover the Reds on a daily basis. At one point Clear Channel had a reporter actually at the practices and games, but he was laid off as well.
CNati.com is using journalists to continue the tradition of sports journalism. CNati.com doesn't just regurgitate opinions, we practice journalism, live from the source with web updates, video, Twitter and Facebook integration. Cnati.com already has two veteran sports journalists -- C. Trent Rosecrans (formerly of the Cincinnati Post and Clear Channel, who was named Cincinnati's Best Journalist by CityBeat readers) and Scott Priestle (formerly of the Columbus Dispatch) -- who have been victims of the downsizing, but hope to continue to do what they love and still provide the daily sports coverage to the fans of Cincinnati sports, using the traditional journalistic ethics and values in the new world of online journalism.
From his blog:
"For the last couple of months, I’ve been asked several times about what my plans are for the future. I’ve given some rather vague responses, but I’ll finally be able to give you a peek into what I’ve been working on for the future.
And while we’re at it, you can help me a little bit by voting for my new website in the Cincinnati Innovates Contest.
I hope to go with a live Beta in the next couple of weeks and full-on live later. I hope you like what you see and I hope we can get this thing started. I really feel it could fill a void.
I’ll let you know more when there’s more news. We’ve still got a little while to go, but we’re getting there. And if you can vote for this, I’d appreciate it."
Short description:
CNati
While there are more and more places to get opinions, there are fewer and fewer places to find facts. The news media is shrinking due to costs and one of the places where it is shrinking the fastest is in sports coverage.
Several Ohio newspapers are pulling off of the pro beats -- the Cincinnati Post closed, the Columbus Dispatch is no longer covering the Reds and Bengals and the Dayton Daily News has already stopped covering the Bengals and has told Hall of Famer Hal McCoy he will no longer cover the Reds on a daily basis. At one point Clear Channel had a reporter actually at the practices and games, but he was laid off as well.
CNati.com is using journalists to continue the tradition of sports journalism. CNati.com doesn't just regurgitate opinions, we practice journalism, live from the source with web updates, video, Twitter and Facebook integration. Cnati.com already has two veteran sports journalists -- C. Trent Rosecrans (formerly of the Cincinnati Post and Clear Channel, who was named Cincinnati's Best Journalist by CityBeat readers) and Scott Priestle (formerly of the Columbus Dispatch) -- who have been victims of the downsizing, but hope to continue to do what they love and still provide the daily sports coverage to the fans of Cincinnati sports, using the traditional journalistic ethics and values in the new world of online journalism.
From his blog:
"For the last couple of months, I’ve been asked several times about what my plans are for the future. I’ve given some rather vague responses, but I’ll finally be able to give you a peek into what I’ve been working on for the future.
And while we’re at it, you can help me a little bit by voting for my new website in the Cincinnati Innovates Contest.
I hope to go with a live Beta in the next couple of weeks and full-on live later. I hope you like what you see and I hope we can get this thing started. I really feel it could fill a void.
I’ll let you know more when there’s more news. We’ve still got a little while to go, but we’re getting there. And if you can vote for this, I’d appreciate it."