I'm A Joe!

by Jakedfw on Apr 2, 2008 2:41 PM CDT in News

Mark Cuban outlined his new policy of seeing how bloggers can do in the locker room alongside traditional media beat reporters in a blog entry called "Bloggers In The Locker Room. It's the Pros vs the Joes." He invited bloggers to post examples of their writing in the comments, and then he would credential them if he felt that they were good enough. Well, I guess I passed the cut because the Mavs emailed me today and offered me credentials. I'm a Joe. :)

Actually, the interesting part is that I'm not sure if the comment was what did it. Before I posted the blog entry, I had emailed the Mavericks communication department with a credentials request, and the same department emailed me back with the approval. So perhaps there is actually a system being implemented here beyond the fun exercise on Mark's blog.

Regardless, I now have to:

Buy a tape recorder.
Figure out what the heck I'm going to write about and whom to ask questions.

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That's terrific news, Jake

Good to hear Cubes is holding true to his statement. Have fun with that nifty privilege.

http://heartbreakplex.blogspot.com/

by BudLight @ Mavs Moneyball on Apr 2, 2008 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

not gonna lie

im jealous... steal a lock of dirks hair for me!... what?

by zkmavz on Apr 2, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply actions

Congrats, Jake!

As a reader of both (the now defunct) mavelo.us and mavsmoneyball, you and Wes are the best Mavs bloggers out there and you both deserve access.

Most of the other people who posted blog samples simply missed the mark -- terrible writing, no topic, etc. It's crazy how many people have recently started Mavs blogs in hopes of obtaining this privilege.

It's really going to be an exclusive group of bloggers that gets access, as it should be.

by dirk41 on Apr 2, 2008 6:04 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed.

100%

Give us some hard-hitting journalism. I want to hear that you cut close to bone with questions about celebrity hookups and which Cheesecake Factory on the road is their favorite.

But seriously, if it starts to go south and you think you might not get back in please ask someone if they've heard Tony Parker's rap album. Please?

by DitchThePlaybook on Apr 2, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

Grats

How about confronting some players with your stat theory about the Kidd-trade. You know, offense worse, defense better with Kidd.
Would be interesting to hear if they noticed this as well.

by coolste on Apr 3, 2008 6:07 AM CDT reply actions