(02-16-2022 10:55 AM)solohawks Wrote:  

(02-06-2022 12:28 AM)ScribeHawk Wrote:  Appreciate the love, as always!

We've been incredibly lucky over the years to have a local paper that was committed to covering UNCW basketball (and baseball, too) with major resources + talented beat guys. Brian Hendrickson, Scott Hamilton, Mull and Riley all did great work. Back then, the Star-News approached its UNCW hoops coverage the same way that papers cover ACC programs. I still remember helping design those gameday pages when I was in school.

Unfortunately, the media landscape has completely decimated what they can do. I saw it firsthand in Greensboro, when we were told we didn't have the budget to travel to cover Duke or Carolina in the NCAA Tournament or Final Four. Just absurd decisions that come from corporations that don't understand our communities.

That's the same thing happening right now, where Dan Spears is being asked to do a million things. He knows what the Seahawks mean to Wilmington, but the people who do the hiring and make the budget over there (people who definitely aren't in Wilmington) don't give a crap.

Niche, alternative media and a la carte offerings are unfortunately how we're going to have to adjust to all of this.

Hey Scribe - why are we referred to as UNC-Wilmington in the Star News' latest article about us? They should know better

Makes no sense to me that yu would think otherwise . Literally every TV broadcast will be UNC Wilmington and half the people that live in Wilmington now don't use UNCW . I see it as a not happening type deal and have given up trying to correct people in Trask who call it everything but UNCW .