MEDIA: The State of Things and Stuff
Posted on September 5th, 2008
Since between now and November you’re bound to hear countless opinion polls, straw polls, and reporters’ questions to the man on the street, I thought I’d add to it by asking a bunch of people what they thought of online media options as they pertain to fishing. I asked people about online fishing media in three different settings: 1.) At press events, where I’ve been exposed to many informal beer-fueled conversations with “bidness types”–editors, publishers, photographers, PR reps, marketers, manufacturers, business owners, fishing guides, etc. 2.) Because air travel today generally sucks, I’ve also spent time in airport bars talking to random delayed people who happen to love fishing or fly fishing or whatever. (There are more fishermen in airport bars than you would…
