Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban seems to be right on top of industry changes as far as convergent media is concerned. In his blog, he touches on YouTube, internet video, and most appropriate for this class exercise, blogging. A recent post, "Bloggers in the Locker Room: It's the Pros vs the Joes", was sent to my Sports Journalism class by Professor Don Markus. The post talks about the NBA's recent lift on banning bloggers in the locker room. As Cuban says, "I can't wait to see the results."
Though Cuban sarcastically likens the role of online bloggers to "the internet equivalent of Talk Soup or VH1's "Best..." series," he introduces an interesting (if tongue-in-cheek) idea. Cuban had previously banned bloggers from his locker rooms, but the NBA lifted the ban. (Check out this ESPN article discussing why this was a bad move on Cuban's part.) Reacting to this, Cuban says that he doesn't care of you're a blogger that works for a major company -- of if you're in 8th grade. If you're blog is substantial, he'll send you press credentials to a Mav's game.
While sports blogging may be a different beast entirely from political and news blogging, the challenge of getting access to events has plagued bloggers. Do you think that the NBA's lift on the blogging ban will have an effect on blogger-journalists outside of sports? How difficult should it be for bloggers to get press credentials, and how should organizations decide to grant credentials to bloggers?
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