Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Getting My Fix

(http://www.whitmangowdridge.co.uk/ProductsandServices/GeneralInsurance/tabid/157/Default.aspx)

Ah, the relief. That's a straight up dose of some good Journalism. Nothing gives you a high like good Journalism!

This is both a good story and a bad story. Good because it's well written and well researched (snaps to Reily and McClymont) but bad because it deals with a very controversial issue in the professional sporting industry.

You can read it here:

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/bulldogs-players-quizzed-over-alleged-betting-fix-20101006-16805.html

It's a good story with multiple sources however there are far too many unnamed sources for it to be truly credible in normal circumstances however there are legal issues due to the criminal nature of the story.

The Story draws not only on interviews and characters but one source is a biography and other details have clearly come from some sort of a police report/media release. The use of such sources is good, general work.

it's a good informative and well researched piece. It's nice to know the future of good Journalism is still alive.

2 comments:

  1. ok i must confess i heard about this before it hit the print!! and apparently there are more players not just the ones named from the Doggies involved. Shame that sportsmen get involved in such shameful acts.

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