Of course the blog I chose to examine is sports related. SBnation.com is a sports blog that is led by contract writers that are passionate fans about sports. There are over 300 blogs on this site and they cover almost all sports. I chose one blog post in particular to analyze as it is near to my heart and it was a historic moment in NBA history. A few days ago the San Antonio Spurs became the first team to hire a female assistant coach, Becky Hammon who currently plays in the WNBA with the San Antonio Stars. I have a blog about the WNBA and when this story broke I was the first to post it on my blog. This is the link to the blog post about this story: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/8/5/5971931/becky-hammon-spurs-coach
In my opinion the best practices in blogging is to be honest and as accurate as possible. If the author does not know something that should be honest about it. For me it is better to be short, sweet and include a picture or graphic. People usually do not check out blog post and want to read a long essay or watch a video that is longer than five minutes. On this blog the author include facts about Hammon's career and the steps that were made that led to her getting this job. It was not long and it got a lot of people talking about whether or not the gender qualifier should be a factor. I saw so many stories about this and this blog was able to keep it short while understanding that the moment was historic. I like blogs are have a professional edge to them while still being a bit informal and personal. To me, those are the best practices in blogging.
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