In the second of a three-part interview, I talk to Inside Minnesota Soccer’s Brian Quarstad about the role of citizen journalism in U.S. soccer coverage.
Over the last year, Brian has led the coverage of the USL-1’s break-up, with many of the clubs who competed in the 2008-09 season’s second division breaking-off to form the new version of the North American Soccer League.
Through his exemplary work, Brian has become one example of the potential of citizen journalism. Where mainstream sports media is still developing its means of fully covering soccer, citizen journalism plays a necessary role in our soccer culture, picking up the stories which, though the stories would be swallowed up were they occurring in American football or basketball, could fall through the cracks if not for coverage from “bloggers.”
In this interview, we discuss the implications of this type of coverage, describing our unique soccer landscape where information flow is dependent on people who are decidedly outside the traditional media.[podcast]http://www.pointoneohradio.com/pods/its_20100120.mp3[/podcast]
Note: Inside the Six is a production of myself, Trevor Hayward (executive producer), and World Soccer Reader.
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