The arc is an old one in journalism: the hotshot writer for that big local paper gets called up to do national gigs, be they in national writing outlets, sports television or now websites. One popular writer, however, is reversing that arc.
Gregg Doyel, CBS’ award-winning lead columnist, is leaving the paper to go to work for the Indianapolis Star as their sports columnist, the paper reported today. He will begin at the paper on October 20th. Doyel has authored two books and appears frequently on various radio shows, including the Indianapolis-based one hosted by ESPN analyst Dan Dakich.
Scooped by new boss. Typical. RT @IndyStarSports: Pleased to announce columnist @GreggDoyelCBS has joined @indystar! http://t.co/MYRq0ZABcA
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) October 8, 2014
Congrats to my friend @GreggDoyelCBS on his new job @IndyStarSports ..that's a win win for Indy Sports fans
— Dan Dakich (@dandakich) October 8, 2014
Doyel is held in high esteem by some of my AA colleagues, so we’re pleased to hear he’s excited about his new venture. It is very interesting, however, to see such a high-profile columnist leave a web-only outlet to work for a paper. For those of us who still love the daily paper, you have to hope a move like this works out brings more readers, because it’ll reverberate throughout the media world if it does.
As for CBS, we‘ve written about how the network has been somewhat stripping down its digital asset, CBSSports.com, of late. This is yet another exodus to go with that of Bruce Feldman, Mike Freeman, Jeff Goodman, Danny Knobler and Brett McMurphy. It’ll be perhaps even more interesting to see where they go from here.
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