EDIT: Sounds like they didn't have enough time for Troy to dig into the column idea I mentioned, but we'll still have a story and column from our dynamic duo tomorrow, so be looking for it...
We have two writers, new UGA writer David Hale and our excellent columnist at the L-E, Troy Johnson, slated to visit with Mark Richt...well, right about now, at the Columbus Trade Center for Georgia's Columbus Dawg Days stop. They'll both be writing from their visit. I had planned to be there until recently, when we decided there was no need for three folks to write from this thing. BUT, I mentioned a story idea to Troy, which I'm sure he'll pull off brilliantly if that's the direction he goes with his column. Be sure to be looking for both of those stories in tomorrow's papers in Columbus and Macon.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
So long Dawg fans...
I realize this is fairly overdue, but with Media Days approaching, I figure I had better go ahead and get this out of the way.
I temporarily posted a month or two ago about how I'm leaving the beat to cover Auburn. It was slightly premature at the time because the plans hadn't been settled yet, but that's what is going to happen. My paper's chain plans to use one writer to cover Georgia for the papers in both Columbus and Macon. As it turned out, another possibility popped up when Josh Kendall (the Macon UGA writer, if you didn't know) decided to leave the UGA beat and I interviewed to be his replacement. It was a job I wanted very much, but I didn't get it. They hired David Hale, who covered Georgia for the Albany Herald a couple of years ago. It was disappointing to me, but as backup plans go, leaving to cover Auburn is a pretty good one. I've made no secret of having grown up an Auburn fan and attending the school, so I really didn't want to cover Auburn. You typically want your impartiality to be beyond question, which is why most beat writers who are worth their salt don't want to cover the school they attended...but I'll make it work.
At any rate, I've thoroughly enjoyed covering Georgia and interacting with you guys. This is a fun job and I hope that came through in the stuff I posted here. The good experiences I've had with the UGA staff, coaches and players are SIGNIFICANTLY more numerous than the bad ones. I felt like I was just getting started, but now it's time to move on.
My boss asked me not to post about the final plans until we had everything established. Well we do now. David Hale plans to take over my blogging responsibilities on the Georgia beat and I'm sure he's going to do a great job. I'm guessing he'll start at Media Days next week, and you'll be able to find it here.
If you want to catch up with me, I'll still be blogging for the Ledger and writing for the new SEC football site we're about to get up and running. You can find my blog here (I just started it this weekend) and the SEC site should be ready to roll soon and I'll post about that when it's ready. It'll always be good to hear from you guys, so feel free to check in with me anytime.
Again, it's been a blast,
David
I temporarily posted a month or two ago about how I'm leaving the beat to cover Auburn. It was slightly premature at the time because the plans hadn't been settled yet, but that's what is going to happen. My paper's chain plans to use one writer to cover Georgia for the papers in both Columbus and Macon. As it turned out, another possibility popped up when Josh Kendall (the Macon UGA writer, if you didn't know) decided to leave the UGA beat and I interviewed to be his replacement. It was a job I wanted very much, but I didn't get it. They hired David Hale, who covered Georgia for the Albany Herald a couple of years ago. It was disappointing to me, but as backup plans go, leaving to cover Auburn is a pretty good one. I've made no secret of having grown up an Auburn fan and attending the school, so I really didn't want to cover Auburn. You typically want your impartiality to be beyond question, which is why most beat writers who are worth their salt don't want to cover the school they attended...but I'll make it work.
At any rate, I've thoroughly enjoyed covering Georgia and interacting with you guys. This is a fun job and I hope that came through in the stuff I posted here. The good experiences I've had with the UGA staff, coaches and players are SIGNIFICANTLY more numerous than the bad ones. I felt like I was just getting started, but now it's time to move on.
My boss asked me not to post about the final plans until we had everything established. Well we do now. David Hale plans to take over my blogging responsibilities on the Georgia beat and I'm sure he's going to do a great job. I'm guessing he'll start at Media Days next week, and you'll be able to find it here.
If you want to catch up with me, I'll still be blogging for the Ledger and writing for the new SEC football site we're about to get up and running. You can find my blog here (I just started it this weekend) and the SEC site should be ready to roll soon and I'll post about that when it's ready. It'll always be good to hear from you guys, so feel free to check in with me anytime.
Again, it's been a blast,
David
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