Pressure On Printed Press

Grimmer, Christoph G.

doi:10.4324/9780429344886-8

“…Moreover, reporters now develop their relationships primarily with the PR staff of sports organisations, not with the real sport participants: players, coaches and administrative staff. Grimmer (2017, p. 630) confirms that traditional media do not have the same access to their sources that they once did. They have lost exclusivity of access because sports organisations are publishing news via their own digital media before reporters can get it for themselves.…”

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Sports News, Commentary and Interviews, From the Other Side: Journalists Seen Through the Eyes of Athletes

Trunečka

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2021

Communication & Sport

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This study explores how professional athletes perceive sports journalists and the role of the media. They acknowledge that communication with journalists is an essential part of their profession and appreciate the verified information, knowledge, and dutiful preparation. They consider the main role of media as monitorial. In some cases, they cast doubt on journalists’ ability to evaluate athletic performance accurately, and they are also critical of errors in interviews, however they acknowledgethat there are good, and possibly excellent journalists as well.

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“…Sports organisations have entered the media production business and "the boundaries between professional news media and sports organisations, in particular, are being eroded" (Boyle, 2013:131). This has created a major institutional tension between sports and media organisations who are now in competition for the news (Grimmer, 2017), with sports organisations "now attempting to compete as media organisations in their own right, delivering their own news direct to their publics" (Sherwood, Nicholson & Marjoribanks, 2017: 514).…”

Section: The Conflicts Facing Sports Journalism In the Digital Agementioning

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“…The process, however, can involve an assessment of the journalist's value to the sports organisation by seeking such information as the media organisations readership, whether it has a website, whether the journalist has social media accounts (and even asking for the number of followers) and by determining what category (print, news agency, digital, photographic and non-rights holding radio and television) the journalist belongs to. The process allows sports organisations to determine whether the organisation has sufficient reach and brand recognition to not only ensure coverage goes as far and wide as possible but also to help legitimise the event (Grimmer, 2017). As part of this process, journalists agree to certain terms and conditions (T&Cs), which have in recent years have become increasingly restrictive (R1, R14) and been the root cause of conflict.…”

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<p>This thesis examined through a political economy framework how New Zealand’s two largest newspaper chains, Fairfax and NZME, have been impacted by the advent of digital technologies and the effects these have had on the practice of sports journalism. Digital technology, falling revenue and increasing pressure from financial owners have all played a part in the restructuring of both Fairfax and NZME’s editorial news operations, especially in the last five years as both companies transitioned to a ‘digital-first’ environment. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 senior journalists who had knowledge of the transition from a print to a digital focus. These interviews highlighted the strategies adopted by both companies as they faced a challenging and evolving marketplace. They also underlined the internal tensions within newsrooms between not only journalists and editorial news managers but also the digital and print operations. Despite the belief that digital technologies would make the print news media more collaborative and provide greater diversity and plurality, the opposite has occurred. Sports reporting remains highly routinised, coverage diversity is shrinking, and greater control is now exerted by editorial managers over the production of journalistic content. Digital technologies have also impacted the forms of content, with decision making on editorial content and resourcing now strongly influenced by data analytics, although there was still strong resistance to greater interactivity with readers. The relationship between sports organisations and print news media organisations, while considered in theory to be a symbiotic one but in reality, is an area of conflict, has also further deteriorated as sports organisations introduce significantly greater control over the media agenda. An element of this control has also heightened tensions with sports organisations moving into the digital space and competing directly with print news media organisations.</p>

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<p>This thesis examined through a political economy framework how New Zealand’s two largest newspaper chains, Fairfax and NZME, have been impacted by the advent of digital technologies and the effects these have had on the practice of sports journalism. Digital technology, falling revenue and increasing pressure from financial owners have all played a part in the restructuring of both Fairfax and NZME’s editorial news operations, especially in the last five years as both companies transitioned to a ‘digital-first’ environment. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 senior journalists who had knowledge of the transition from a print to a digital focus. These interviews highlighted the strategies adopted by both companies as they faced a challenging and evolving marketplace. They also underlined the internal tensions within newsrooms between not only journalists and editorial news managers but also the digital and print operations. Despite the belief that digital technologies would make the print news media more collaborative and provide greater diversity and plurality, the opposite has occurred. Sports reporting remains highly routinised, coverage diversity is shrinking, and greater control is now exerted by editorial managers over the production of journalistic content. Digital technologies have also impacted the forms of content, with decision making on editorial content and resourcing now strongly influenced by data analytics, although there was still strong resistance to greater interactivity with readers. The relationship between sports organisations and print news media organisations, while considered in theory to be a symbiotic one but in reality, is an area of conflict, has also further deteriorated as sports organisations introduce significantly greater control over the media agenda. An element of this control has also heightened tensions with sports organisations moving into the digital space and competing directly with print news media organisations.</p>

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Pressure On Printed Press

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Sports News, Commentary and Interviews, From the Other Side: Journalists Seen Through the Eyes of Athletes

Sports News, Commentary and Interviews, From the Other Side: Journalists Seen Through the Eyes of Athletes

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