Sports Media Guide http://www.sportsmediaguide.com Exploring the art and craft of sports media Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Helene Elliott http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/helene-elliott/ http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/helene-elliott/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:45:59 +0000 marantzsteve http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/helene-elliott/ "At a lot of places the hockey beat is a place to test young writers and see if they can handle something bigger."

"What bothers me is when people call blogging "citizen journalism." I've seen stuff written about me on blogs that's just inaccurate."

"If you are an mlb.com correspondent and you start writing things critical of Bud Selig do you think you would keep your job? It may not be edited by MLB but MLB would remember what you wrote. When it came time to pick the correspondents for next season they would go in another direction."

                                Helene Elliott LA Times]]> You must be logged in to see this private post

]]> http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/helene-elliott/feed/ Ray Ratto http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/ray-ratto/ http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/ray-ratto/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:17:29 +0000 marantzsteve http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/ray-ratto/ "The Bonds story is a lot like the Republicans and Democrats – you know what side you're on and you don't care what you hear from the other side. If you like him you don't care if they have film of him shooting up and if you don't like him you don't care if he's supporting a charity for homeless children. I've tried to look at what today's development means in my usual snooty hateful way – you try to move the ball a little bit – that's the best you can do with this story because it's going on and on and on."

"They work the beat guys like rented mules and can't figure out why they want something else after two or three years."

                                Ray Ratto San Francisco Chronicle]]> You must be logged in to see this private post

]]> http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/ray-ratto/feed/ Scott Miller http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/scott-miller/ http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/scott-miller/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 15:44:14 +0000 marantzsteve http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/scott-miller/ “I think our site is exceptionally clean -- you won't get stalled in the clutter that slows you on some other sites as you're searching for something in our corner of the Internet universe. Video or the written word, you can navigate through both very easily.”

“I think sometimes the fun part of it is what gets lost today, with everyone racing to be first not only with the important stories, but with even third-tier personnel moves that leave most people thinking ‘So what?’”

“Watching baseball for a living is terrific…”

                                Scott Miller CBSSports.com]]> You must be logged in to see this private post

]]> http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/scott-miller/feed/ Jeff Pearlman http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/jeff-pearlman/ http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/jeff-pearlman/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 15:32:28 +0000 marantzsteve http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/jeff-pearlman/ “I think, when it comes to PR, the general mantra is "Don't be afraid to be a whore" or, better put, "Leave your embarrassment at home." I've had four books, and for every one I've had postcards printed out, and I've gone car to car in stadium lots handing them out, putting them on windshields… Also, you have to hit up every blog, every site, every Yahoo or AOL group that deals with your subject. Tell them you'll gladly do interviews, send review copies, etc.”

“The main thing with books is the research. For a biography to work, you have to make the calls...I never brag about my own writing, because I hate most everything I write. But I'm very proud of the research I put in. Now, when I'm reading a book, I can tell whether the author did his homework, or whether he's trying to cover up with airy writing.”

                                Jeff Pearlman Author, SI.com Columnist]]> You must be logged in to see this private post

]]> http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/jeff-pearlman/feed/ Josh Borenstein http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/josh-borenstein/ http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/josh-borenstein/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:31 +0000 marantzsteve http://www.sportsmediaguide.com/interviews/josh-borenstein/ “I started ‘Jews in Baseball’ last fall and haven't looked back. Basically, I started the blog because of the resurgence of - you guessed it - Jews in baseball. I was talking my friend's ear off on the subject, so he suggested I start a blog. I thought, "What the hell." It seemed like a good idea.”

“My family is supportive of ‘Jews in Baseball.’ To a point. They certainly don't discourage it or anything. My dad enjoys talking about the JMLs -Jewish Major Leaguers. Everyone else sort of tunes me out when I get excited about something. As for my rabbi, he's no longer the rabbi of my congregation. Neither am I, for that matter. Gave it up. Cold turkey.”

“Lately though, all I've been watching is the MLB Network. Best. Station. Ever. So addictive. Dan Plesac and John Hart are my favorite analysts. It's kind of made Baseball Tonight obsolete. Maybe if they stopped talking about the Yankees and the Mets and the Red Sox every 5 minutes...”

                                Josh Borenstein Founder and blogger, Jews In Baseball]]> You must be logged in to see this private post

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