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June 2009
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Hannah Patrick of Sports Media Challenge Talks BwB at MSF
Hannah Patrick of Sports Media Challenge coordinates daily with ESPN in producing the Internet-centric Sport Center segment “Blog Buzz.” Today, she was interviewed as part of the Behind the Keyboard series at Midwest Sports Fans. Below are her impressions on BwB 1.0. You can read the interview in its entirety here: Behind the Keyboard: Hannah Patrick of [...]
Jay Mariotti Latest to Weigh In on Blogger vs. Journalist Arguement
From HHR: “Journalists want it both ways. They decry the rise of blogs, criticize the “liberties” taken with truth by bloggers, bemoan the medium’s unprofessional nature, and mock its authors while touting their j-school degrees and years cutting their teeth in the newsrooms of no-name papers. Jay Mariotti, a blogger himself on a big-name platform built into [...]
Caps Owner Ted Leonsis “Gets It”
Courtesy of BwB 1.0 Panelist Sarah Spain of Mouthpiece Sports: “Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis has championed the cause of new media, allowing prominent hockey bloggers a place in the press box alongside “mainstream media”. MOUTHPIECESPORTS personality Sarah Spain caught up with Leonsis after the NHL Awards in Vegas to talk about the contributions of [...]
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 7
Blogs with Balls Review (Sweet Caroline/ Sporting News Blog) I learned more at Blogs with Balls than I’ve ever learned in a classroom. Blogs with Balls Recap / The Longest Post Ever (The Blue Workhorse) And that was my crazy ass weekend in New York for the inaugural Blogs with Balls conference. Blogs with Balls – A Recap (California Golden Blogs) All [...]
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 6
A few more tesitmonials and recaps… Blogs With Balls: The Three Os And My New Peeps (Fansided) Even though we all seem to realize some of the immediate impact this event had on the blogosphere, we will likely never realize its full impact. I honestly think it changes things forever. It made a disjointed blogosphere connected [...]
Jimmy Traina Cribs
One of the biggest compliments coming out of BwB 1.0 is the idea that bloggers we had previously only known by URL, Twitter name and email we can now put faces to. Panelist Jimmy Traina of SI.com might be on to something as he takes that idea one step forward in his YouTube-d version of Cribs.
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 5
Blogs With Balls Video- Neil Best, Newsday (Sports Media Journal) It’s apparent that Neil understands the evolving trends in technology and sports reporting and has done his best to adapt to them. If I Hear the Word Twitter One More Time (The House That Glanville Built) The speakers were very engaging, very helpful and the audience participation really [...]
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 4
GQ Goes to Blogs with Balls 1.0 (GQ.com) And an aggressively masculine name, like Blogs with Balls, doesn’t entirely deter females from attending. Blogs With Balls Conference Recap (DanShanoff.com) They pulled off something that I think has been at least 5 years in the making, and the result is something that can happen annually… Top 10 Moments [...]
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 3
Part III of our collection of recaps from Saturday’s event. See Part I here. See Part II here. ‘It’s no longer just a hobby for people’ (Soft Pretzel Logic) I think you’re finding that blogs are becoming a lot more popular and a lot more legitimate, and people are taking them seriously. It’s no longer just a hobby [...]
BwB 1.0 Recaps, Round 2
Part II of our collection of recaps from Saturday’s event. See Part I here. Mike Florio Makes The Leap From Loathsome Gossip To Mainstream Building Block (Deadspin) First, about Blogs With Balls. This was an astoundingly well-attended and well-run event that showed the rapid growth and respectability this industry has gained. Forget the blogs and bloggers [...]