Despite my tardiness (sorry Les), I really enjoyed the trip to the Eagle last Thursday. Hearing from Kirk Seminoff and Tom Seales was informative and relaxed. The tour of the newsroom was also interesting.
Having never been to the Eagle, or any other newsroom for that matter, I was not completely sure what to expect. Call me naive, but I thought it might be something like the LA Times newsroom in the Soloist: chaotic, cramped, and messy. It was two out of those three for sure, and I can imagine that closer to deadline time, it is quite chaotic. I also enjoyed seeing Bob Lutz the day after he got ripped by Gregg Marshall and replied with his column. I wanted to go up and give him a high-five, simply because I like to see a writer stand up for himself every once in awhile.
The discussion with Tom Seales and Kirk Seminoff was also pretty cool. They were honest, sarcastic, and didn't polish up the current state of journalism. Their story about the former sports writer at the Eagle who had to switch departments was a good way to show the flexibility that is probably necessary in today's newspaper world. I also liked how they talked about their struggle with the sharing of Kellis Robinett and J. Brady McCullough with the Kansas City Star. Being a Kansas City person(and a K-State football fan), I recognized what was going on pretty quickly after it happened. I'm kind of curious how commonplace that is in the sports world in general or if that's a direction things are heading. Are beat writers for teams going to be sharing their content with multiple news outlets often now? I sure hope not, but I don't know the answer.
Overall, it was a great trip and very informative.
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