But media experts long held that robust sports coverage was a powerful draw for both readers and advertisers. “We all had great internships, so we talked about that, but we mostly talked about stuff that wasn’t about work,” Landry said. For a time, it appeared fortunes were improving for the sports media industry, or at least job cuts were slowing down. Long has wondered the past couple weeks while writing tweets in her magazine internship if a sportswriting career is still viable. “Sometimes I wonder if I’m tough enough to do this job,” Long said.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2020 15:03 UTC