In journalism, no two things are more often and easily confused than “this wild thing is happening” and “this wild thing is happening, widely.” When the wild thing is, say, mad cow disease - an immediate threat to life - the problem of weighing particulars against a greater sense of scale is critical.
Ever since I began covering the League of Legends World Championship this year, I have received complaints from readers asking (or demanding) that I stop spoiling the outcomes of games in my articles. After a lot of deliberation, I've decided that I can't do that. You all deserve an explanation as to why.
Briefly: The most powerful brand in sports journalism is officially diving into eSports. Today ESPN put out a job listing for an "eSports editor". This comes after the ESPN magazine published its first ever eSports issue, which included an excellent profile of the League of Legends player Faker.
For the past few weeks, a lot of people have been asking me about "objectivity," mostly thanks to a contextless tweet that has been circulating among the GamerGate crowd for quite some time now.
