Disrupting Sports Journalism - 9780367618629

Taylor & Francis

Disrupting Sports JournalismAuthor(s): Simon McEnnis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367618629, 978-0367618629\nSynopsis\nThis book critically explores the impact that digital technology has had on the practices and norms of sports journalism. \n\nIn the wake of major digital disruptions in news reporting, the author analyses how sports journalism has been particularly vulnerable to challenges and attacks on its expertise because of its historically weak commitment to professionalism. Ultimately, an argument is built that sports journalisms professional distinctiveness will depend on its capacity to produce rigorous news work at a time when its core, routinised practices are being displaced by bloggers and team media. Recent developments such as The Athletic, a start-up that has built its business model around quality sports storytelling, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic offer hope that a paradigm shift i.