<![CDATA[seattlepi.com Buzzworthy: Blogs as competition:
Are bloggers emerging as serious competitors for “real” journalists? P-I sportswriter John Hickey, whose regular beat is covering the Seattle Mariners, shared his thoughts during an online chat today:
I am an on-again, off-again reader of blogs. The Mariners have a fanatical following among bloggers, and these are people who know their stuff. Do they drain readers away from the P-I? I don’t know the answer to that. I do believe that a reporter (me, for example), who is on the ground for all of spring training and for most of 162 games with the team has insights that the bloggers can’t match. On the other hand, the bloggers have a way of asking questions that sometimes slip through the cracks (and having ready answers for them, too). I think that blogs will play and increasingly big role as fans look to have their thirst for information quenched.
He forgets that a blogger with the wherewithal to go to Spring Training and buy a season ticket is just a few road trips from having the same level of contact with a team….]]>