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As a writer of independent media coverage of Lehigh athletics, mostly focusing on football, I feel like I am a part of “media coverage” when it comes to something that happens at Lehigh, good or bad.
In a sense, I don’t separate myself from what the Morning Call does or the Express-Times does merely because I’m a blogger and they are employees of media organizations.
But when people take exception with how a Lehigh story is handled, especially as it regards to the football team, I try to understand the concerns – especially when it treads in very tough or sensitive territory.
I think it’s worthwhile to tell the world my side of how I covered a sensitive story in an effort to talk about what goes into the reporting. Putting on a brand-new hat for myself – a sort-of Lehigh Valley press ombudsman – I’ll try to explain the decisions I made in covering the story, and attempt to look at how other organizations covered the story and acted.
Given the fact that a campus movement has arisen at least somewhat based on this coverage, I think it’s worthwhile, and necessary.
I don’t know how anyone is going to take this, but it does have the benefit of being the truth, and I’m hoping the truth might play a part in any campus discussions.
(Photo Credit: Stephen Flood/The Express-Times)
We’re to 24 short, short days, until the beginning of the Lehigh football season.
At no. 24, we find sophomore DB Russhon Philips as our highlighted Lehigh football athlete in today’s countdown.
