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Credential Crud continues; victims fighting back
The Associated Press and Gannett say their reporters will not sign the new Southeastern Conference Media Credential Policy. “The credential restrictions would be untenable,” said Mark Silverman, editor of the Tennessean, which covers the SEC’s University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. “They fail to recognize that we are not just a newspaper. We use a…
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SEC Media Policy = #FAIL
Several media-related groups have signed a joint letter protesting the Southeastern Conference’s new Media Credential Policy. From the letter: We understand that media coverage of sports is changing. New media and channels for disseminating information, including ownership of distribution channels by leagues or teams themselves, require adjustments to the league/team/media partnerships that have existed for…
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Lean and mean, newspapers now positioned to rebuild
Recommended listening. “Fresh Air” interview with Alex S. Jones, director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and part of a fourth generation family-owned media company based in the upper East Tennessee town of Greeneville that owns newspapers, radio stations and other…