Aug

25

Washington Nationals host Bloggers Day

Filed Under Blogging, Sports Media 

The Washington Nationals hosted their second Bloggers Day this season on Tuesday according to Sports Business Daily. The Nationals invited 16 bloggers to the event.

As The Washington Times notes, participants were able to interview the team’s interim manager Jim Riggleman, GM Mike Rizzo, team president Stan Kasten, and some of the players and other team personnel. Similar to the New York Islanders’ blog box, the bloggers watched the game from a bloggers suite. As mentioned in the article, all of the bloggers came with notebooks while some toted laptops and recording devices.

“They’re clearly a presence on the Web, which is clearly a presence in our lives,” said Kasten, who pays close attention to things written and said about his team. “They are out there doing things. I think we’re all better served when they have as much good information as they can have.”…

“I don’t know if we’ve gone too far or we haven’t gone far enough,” Kasten said. “All of us in sports are learning, feeling our way through these developments. A year ago we didn’t do things like this. A year from now we’ll probably have a better fix on what’s appropriate or what’s not appropriate. We’re trying to figure it out.”

For an idea of what the bloggers did with the access, you can visit Nationals News Network, Federal Baseball, NationalFanBoyLoosers, The Nationals Review, and Fire Jim Bowden.

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3 Responses to “Washington Nationals host Bloggers Day”

  1. 7th Woman on August 25th, 2009 11:03 am

    They got a Blogger Suite? We got a buffet table and barstools!

    Great idea. Hope they have as much fun and support as we do here at the NY Islanders.

  2. Tuesday’s Links on August 25th, 2009 12:21 pm

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  3. Christopher Byrne on August 25th, 2009 12:56 pm

    Ironically, I was in DC a few weeks ago for a wedding. I wanted to do a story on the Nationals and the impact the stadium has had on the surrounding area.

    They denied my credential request. I later heard from someone at the game that the Press Box was a ghost town that night. Well except for Tony Kornheiser who was working for none it seems.

    Thankfully the Redskins gave me a credential and access that week to write the series of stories I am doing on the Skins and new/social media.

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