Thursday, June 21, 2012

New venture from some old Boothies

A few "departed" sports folks from the western papers have started up a new sports site to cover the local sports that MLive Media Group now leaves to inexperienced writers to cover. Best wishes to them in this venture.
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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who's gonna pay these guys?

22 June, 2012 00:56
Anonymous said...

Local Sports Journal started with a Facebook page about June 1. On June 10, the website was launched. Our goal is to give area sports fans the kind of coverage they appreciated for so many years. On the financial front, we are in the process of putting together a list of potential sponsors. The response has been, "Thank you for doing this. You guys are so much needed." We hope that translates into sponsors. Also, after about two months of "samples" of our work, we are hoping to go to a subscription-based format. Not sure what the cost will be per month, but probably in the $5-7 range.

22 June, 2012 10:09
Anonymous said...

Local Sports Journal reporters are not getting paid. For now, we are giving Muskegon area sports fans a 'sample' of what we can do. We will be selling sponsorships here soon, probably as soon as next week. We have had great response from people throughout the community, who thank us and tell us how much we are needed. We aren't looking to get rich. We want to be able to pay writers something for their efforts.

22 June, 2012 18:27
Jim of L-Town said...

Thanks for the info. Best of luck to you.

Jim

22 June, 2012 23:24
Andy Chapelle, Ann Arbor said...

I worked with a very talented sports reporter at The Ann Arbor News that I think tried something very similar in New York. His name is Rich Thomaselli.

I worked with him in Ann Arbor where he covered UM basketball...and later bumped into him again when he worked for American City Business Journals and Advertising Age.

He might be able to offer some helpful advice on what works...and what doesn't. He's a good guy...and seasoned sports reporter.

24 June, 2012 13:25
Anonymous said...

Wishing the former Muskegon Chronicle professionals my best wishes in taking as many precious page views as they can from the Muskegon hub of MLMG. They are already kicking the butts of the amateurs who currently hold their former jobs. I certainly wish sites like this would crop up in every MLive city, because readers of these once-great publications are starving for the quality coverage they once enjoyed.

27 June, 2012 23:21
Anonymous said...

I wish them success but the content has to get a lot better. From what I've seen so far it's bare bones, just like what the Chrinicle was.

28 June, 2012 16:56

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