A baseball writer roundtable with Britt Ghiroli and Jayson Stark of The Athletic
Episode 172 of the Sports Media Podcast features a conversation with Jayson Stark, senior baseball writer at The Athletic, and Britt Ghiroli, also a senior baseball writer at The Athletic.In this podcast, Ghiroli and Stark discuss how they will approach the next couple of months as reporters amid a work stoppage; navigating labor stories versus more popular topics; the declining media access in baseball and why that significantly impacts you as a fan; whether we will see previous media access return; the Eras Committee process Hall of Fame selections including great news for Buck O’Neil and Dick Allen once again being one vote shy of the Hall of Fame; how Stark and Ghiroli feel about voting for awards that can increase a players’ contract and much more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and more.
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The Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch is a weekly show that features interviews with members of the sports media about their work, as well as roundtables with sports media reporters about television, digital, audio/radio, print, and other forms of media. You can read Richard’s work at The Athletic.
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