No more post-season coverage

For the past five years, the media has covered the Phillies post-season appearances from many angles, including anything related to baseball. For instance, in 2009, when the team went to the World Series, Channel 29 sent a reporter and cameraman here to do a story on how many Lasallians were wearing Phillies gear. Or how the Inquirer did a big story on John Rooney, emeritus psychology professor, who had a unique view on baseball from his home (people paid to sit on his home's roof to watch games played at Shibe Park, just across the street). Well, now that the Phillies have conceded the season, I guess there won't be any more post-season stories -- and opportunities for coverage!

37 Minutes

I spotted a media request from one of the nation's largest newspapers for an expert source on a pop culture topic. I had the 'perfect' faculty member for it. I emailed them and got a great quote back; I forwarded it to the reporter and crossed my fingers. A short time later the reporter emailed me back. Great, I thought, they're going to use the quote. Then I read the email: it said Thanks, but they already had enough sources. I looked at the time of the expert request and the time the reporter wrote back to me: it was 37 minutes! In slightly over half an hour enough people like me had sent them what they needed and I was out of the game. 37 minutes! This really is the information age!!