Wrighting

Q and A with SportsMediaGuide.com: Q. As a long-form writer, are you a dying breed?



A. I don't think so. The Internet has created a world where you can have all different forms – they can all co-exist and be successful. On espn.com we can run a 3600-word story about a young man from Georgia named Genarlow Wilson who is or isn't wrongfully imprisoned, and also a Bill Simmons column about the Celtics. Both can appeal to different people or the same people, and both can be well read and well received. We do a lot of different things well at espn.com.



If you ask young writers who they want to be a lot will still say Gary Smith. I have Gary Smith's phone number and I won't call it…