Cornell 3 Mercyhurst 2 final OT

[KeithK]

The achievements of the women's hockey team this season is NEWS; Isn't the purpose of sports coverage to report sports NEWS as well as cover teams the fans like to follow?  Are journalists supposed to report what readers/viewers/listeners' poll say are the most popular topics, or are they supposed to inform the public?  I remain disappointed that the training ground for student journalists at Cornell is behind the curve instead of leading the charge.

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

[Weder]

How long has The Sun been holding some weekend sports coverage until Tuesday? In my day, we got all of it in for Monday's paper, dammit.

[imafrshmn]

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

If all news outlets cared about was profits, our democracy would be in terrible shape.  Oh wait...

[KeithK]

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

If all news outlets cared about was profits, our democracy would be in terrible shape.  Oh wait...

When news outlets don't pay attention to revenue/profits they go out of business.

[mnagowski]

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

If all news outlets cared about was profits, our democracy would be in terrible shape.  Oh wait...

When news outlets don't pay attention to revenue/profits they go out of business.

The BBC seems to be doing pretty well. Funny how information is a public good.

[dag14]

The Cornell Daily Sun, Inc. needs to make a profit to stay in business but with less than 10 paid employees, it doesn't have to make much.  And the Business Board doesn't tell the Editorial Board what to publish in the newspaper.  Hence my criticism.

[KeithK]

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

If all news outlets cared about was profits, our democracy would be in terrible shape.  Oh wait...

When news outlets don't pay attention to revenue/profits they go out of business.

The BBC seems to be doing pretty well. Funny how information is a public good.

Most news outlets don't have the power to tax the public for their upkeep.

[Jim Hyla]

At the end of the day you don't sell newspapers (or get page hits) writing about things that the readers don't care about. That's what matters. Journalism is a business and you have to cater to your customers.

If all news outlets cared about was profits, our democracy would be in terrible shape.  Oh wait...

When news outlets don't pay attention to revenue/profits they go out of business.

Keith, he said "If all news outlets cared about...". I think we all realize that they have to make money, but that doesn't mean they can't do a community good and publish things we ought to know and not just what sells. I'd prefer if the Sun had at least a short article on Monday, so everyone knows what happened, and then more in depth later, assuming they can't do it all on Monday.

[Tom Lento]

Back in the day, we used to dominate in Ultimate IIRC.

Not NCAA sanctioned, and I'm pretty sure Cornell has never won a UPA title (although they may have won some pre-UPA national tournament). The closest they got was a finals loss to Oregon in the early 90s (I think it was 91). In case anyone's interested, the men's team won the region and advanced to nationals last year. They did well, advancing out of pool play, but I think they lost a tight game in the game to go to quarters in a rematch of the regional final game against Pitt.

[Jacob 03]

WOW.... this is just sinking in but doesn't this means that our women's hockey team could win the first Cornell NCAA championship for any sport in.... how many years? Anyone know? They really should get more coverage in the Sun because this is really a terrific season for these girls.

The Sun is reporting that this is the first time a Cornell women's team will ever compete for a title, let alone possibly win it.

Of course, I believe our women's crew and polo teams have won in the past, they are just not NCAA sanctioned.

Cornell women have won unsanctioned titles in not only polo and rowing, but also fencing and figure skating.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercollegiate_sports_team_champions

[mnagowski]

WOW.... this is just sinking in but doesn't this means that our women's hockey team could win the first Cornell NCAA championship for any sport in.... how many years? Anyone know? They really should get more coverage in the Sun because this is really a terrific season for these girls.

The Sun is reporting that this is the first time a Cornell women's team will ever compete for a title, let alone possibly win it.

Of course, I believe our women's crew and polo teams have won in the past, they are just not NCAA sanctioned.

Cornell women have won unsanctioned titles in not only polo and rowing, but also fencing and figure skating.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercollegiate_sports_team_champions

Thanks. The more you know. (TM)