March 27, 2009

A Question for the Post-Dispatch

Why is it that the largest daily newspaper in the state of Missouri doesn't have a reporter assigned to cover the University of Missouri athletic teams?

Since the woman who covered the Mizzou beat left the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last year, the Post has passed around the state's largest and most prestigious University sports beat as if it were some general assignment.

The daily papers in Kansas City, Springfield and Columbia all have reporters assigned to the beat and it is a prized job at those publications. But, not the Post-Dispatch. If someone from the Post wants to reply I will be glad to post your explanation. As I posted below, the Post is ignoring the largest college fan base in the region with shoddy and in some instances no coverage of Mizzou sports.

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