WNBA: Coverage of the players, stories needs to be supported

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I think it’s time media companies took WNBA coverage seriously.

Before you protest, “Of course she is saying that, she’s an WNBA writer,” I’ll tell you what I ALSO am—a NBA writer.

Everyday, I see every network, newspaper and media outlet employ people on a full-time basis to tell the NBA’s stories. That’s great; it takes full-time effort to cover a sport as complex, popular and nuanced as basketball—men’s or women’s.

I could probably count on one hand the number of people I know who write about and cover the WNBA on a full-time basis. Even so, some of the best and most brilliant minds that create the WNBA coverage that is deep, powerful and awe-inspiring are writing these stories on a part-time basis. Not to say NBA bloggers aren’t also doing that, because some of the best stories I’ve read about the NBA have also come from part-time writers as well. That’s also not to say people who write about the NBA have it easy either; I’ve seen layoff after layoff, place after place not understand the importance writers have in the sports media landscape.

Stories like those of Chelsea Gray deserve to be told by talented writers and heard by larger auidences.

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