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February 5, 20206 yr Author My guess is they moved him because with only 16 Marlins fans they didn't really need a Marlins reporter.
February 5, 20206 yr He did a good job. Sucks that the papers seem to be dumping beat reporters. We had a few more back in the day. Now we only have MLB and the Miami Herald I think.
February 5, 20206 yr Author He did a good job. Sucks that the papers seem to be dumping beat reporters. We had a few more back in the day. Now we only have MLB and the Miami Herald I think. At least we still have USA Today Sports.
February 5, 20206 yr Author Didn't realize they literally got rid of the position entirely. I thought someone would take Wells' spot. That's so bad. I'm shocked they don't think they need a beat reporter for the Marlins... no matter how bad they've been it's still a Major League Baseball team. What happens when the team actually becomes good again. do they put someone in the role? For now, this is horrible.
February 5, 20206 yr Didn't realize they literally got rid of the position entirely. I thought someone would take Wells' spot I am assuming it, but I guess it is possible someone else would take it. I just don't see why they'd move Wells and hire someone else for that job when he was doing it fine. When Capozzi was moved at PBPost, nobody new got it.
February 5, 20206 yr Author I guess it is possible someone else would take it. The Herald is making it sound like they're now the only ones who will have a Marlins beat reporter... [MEDIA=twitter]1225115294504407040[/MEDIA]
February 5, 20206 yr He did a good job. Sucks that the papers seem to be dumping beat reporters. We had a few more back in the day. Now we only have MLB and the Miami Herald I think. Cost down ?
February 6, 20206 yr My guess is they moved him because with only 16 Marlins fans they didn't really need a Marlins reporter. Yeah. The Marlins have about 16 real fans and several million fake ones.
February 6, 20206 yr The position goes away but the assignments can still be handed out to someone else
February 6, 20206 yr The position goes away but the assignments can still be handed out to someone else True, or they'll just use the AP stories instead.
February 6, 20206 yr Author The position goes away but the assignments can still be handed out to someone else Yes they'll still have Marlins stories but losing out on daily coverage of one of your city's major sports teams is super lame and can't help the paper. Look at the Herald already advertising that they have daily Marlins coverage when no one else does. I wouldn't think a major newspaper would be ok with giving that up especially in this social media world where up-to-the minute news, information, and rumors are highly sought after. Fans today crave that stuff.
February 6, 20206 yr Yes they'll still have Marlins stories but losing out on daily coverage of one of your city's major sports teams is super lame and can't help the paper. Look at the Herald already advertising that they have daily Marlins coverage when no one else does. I wouldn't think a major newspaper would be ok with giving that up especially in this social media world where up-to-the minute news, information, and rumors are highly sought after. Fans today crave that stuff. Yeah, it's really stupid especially after the better public relations this team have since the arrival of Jeter.
February 6, 20206 yr I’m not saying I like it. I don’t work in the paper industry but I would think they looked at clicks and impressions then made a decision based on that. Marlins stories probably garner less interest than they’d hope. I thought Wells was a good reporter. I really liked Healey when he was around. But if the traffic isn’t there and cuts have to be made...what can you do? It is a shame because there’s a shortage of quality marlins coverage even on the web when compared to other baseball teams and other local sports teams
February 7, 20206 yr The traditional newspaper industry is a dying breed. Way too many are poorly managed and provide shoddy coverage. Not surprising. Glad to see its back to nothing but awful coverage of the Marlins. Is there no Athletic writer for the Marlins yet? This is what I see with newspapers: 1. Their readership is down 2. Their ad buys are down. 3. They have smaller coverage overall. 4. Their prices keep going up. 5. They do an awful job with digital coverage. Until they correct really of those issues, they will continue to die off. Those that can effectively adapt, will do fine.
February 7, 20206 yr The traditional newspaper industry is a dying breed. Way too many are poorly managed and provide shoddy coverage. Not surprising. Glad to see its back to nothing but awful coverage of the Marlins. Is there no Athletic writer for the Marlins yet? This is what I see with newspapers: 1. Their readership is down 2. Their ad buys are down. 3. They have smaller coverage overall. 4. Their prices keep going up. 5. They do an awful job with digital coverage. Until they correct really of those issues, they will continue to die off. Those that can effectively adapt, will do fine. I think Andre Fernandez covers the South Florida teams on the Athletic.
February 7, 20206 yr I think Andre Fernandez covers the South Florida teams on the Athletic. He covers the Heat now.
February 7, 20206 yr I think Andre Fernandez covers the South Florida teams on the Athletic. He stopped covering the fish day to day a couple of months ago.
February 7, 20206 yr He stopped covering the fish day to day a couple of months ago. Hm, didn't realize that. I mean, with only 16 fans, we don't need anyone to cover the team.
February 8, 20206 yr https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-marlins-offseason-additions-20200207-qqfztunxdvbuxe3ayqtucj2l3q-story.html Didn't Wells no longer covering Marlins in the Sun-Sentinel ?
February 8, 20206 yr Author https://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/fl-sp-marlins-offseason-additions-20200207-qqfztunxdvbuxe3ayqtucj2l3q-story.html Didn't Wells no longer covering Marlins in the Sun-Sentinel ? He is no longer the daily beat reporter, which means he won't be covering them daily but he will still occasionally write articles about them. I think the biggest difference you'll notice is less coverage on social media. That was where the daily news updates mostly came in. He won't be with the team on a daily basis anymore.
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