How to Build an Audience for your Sports Blog
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007: 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM, S230
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Tyler Bleszinski runs the most heavily-trafficked team specific blog on the Internet. He's been writing the blog, Athletics Nation about the Oakland Athletics, since November 2003 and has interviewed A's General Manager Billy Beane, A's owner Lewis Wolff and A's manager Bob Geren as well as many players. Bleszinski, known as Blez on AN, has also written columns for the Oakland Tribune and regularly provides a column for FSNBayArea.com. He was also featured in Sports Illustrated and the New York Times and was named as one of the top two most influential people in sports blogging.
Larry Borowsky, 44, grew up in St. Louis and is a lifelong Cardinals fan. A former editor at Westword (Denver's alternative newsweekly) and former back-page columnist for 5280 magazine (Denver's cityzine), Borowsky has freelanced for such publications as Sunset, Aspen Magazine, and the Denver Post. His baseball writing has appeared at Slate.com, WSJ.com, Deadspin.com, the Hardball Times, and the Riverfront Times. Borowsky wrote the foreword to Diehard Cards, a recap of the Cardinals' 2006 World Championship.
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Nov. 9 at 10:15 AM: Sports Blogging and Access
i Mets BlogCategory: Baseball
Matt Cerrone is a freelance writer, media strategist and creator/author of MetsBlog.com. In addition to writing MetsBlog.com, Cerrone works as a communications strategist for politicians, authors and entertainers. Cerrone has been interviewed on radio, such as WFAN, ESPN Radio, MLB Radio and AOL's Sports Bloggers Live; on television, such as SNY, ESPN and WPIX-NY; and has been quoted in several print publications, like The New York Times, New York Daily News and on ESPN.com.
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Nov. 9 at 10:15 AM: Sports Blogging and Access
i DeadspinCategory: Sports
Will Leitch is the editor of Deadspin.com, a contributor to The New York Times and and Slate Magazine. He has published two books, "Catch", a novel, and "Life as a Loser", a memoir. His third book, "God Save The Fan", will be published by HarperCollins in spring 2008, and his fourth book, "Come As You Are" will be published by Penguin Group in fall 2008.
Lonestarball.com sports blogger
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Nov. 9 at 10:15 AM: Sports Blogging and Access
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