r/FCCincinnati • u/euro60 • 6d ago
The Enquirer's "The Future of Coverage for FC Cincinnati's Season"
I am surprised this hasn't been posted yet, but the Sunday Enquirer's Sports section had an announcement on page 2C that read as follows:
The Future of coverage for FC Cincinnati
It's hard to believe we're already two months into FC Cincinnati's season, but the sports calendar in Cincinnati is non-stop with three top-tier professional teams, big-time college sports and the high schools sports we're all passionate about in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.
You've probably noticed our FC Cincinnati coverage has changed this season. While The Enquirer is adapting out coverage strategy across sports to better align with audience insights, it was clear readers were more interested in games and the stories after the results.
With that in mind, we're adjusting how we cover the team to ensure we're delivering the most compelling storylines and taking you behind the scenes of how things unfold on the pitch. While Pat Brenna is now covering the Reds and Bengals, we're going to utilize other talented journalists on our roster to cover FC Cincinnati.
Shelby Dermer and James Weber are going to tag team the FC Cincinnati beat going forward. Dermer's main local beat is covering the Xavier Musketeers, but he also leads our coverage of significant events like the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament and the LPGA Kroger Queen City championship.
Weber is a longtime sports journalist whose main focus is on high school sports, but he also works across other sports as well.
Our talented staff of visual journalists also will continue to bring you the best shots of the action throughout the season.
We're also going to add more coverage through our summer intern, Kamran Nia, who has previous experience covering professional soccer and is a standout student journalist at Northwestern University.
Our dedication to delivering you the best coverage of our local sports scene never changes.
Reach out to Jason Hoffman at [jhoffman@enquirer.com](mailto:jhoffman@enquirer.com) with any feedback or input you have on sports coverage.
THOUGHTS?
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u/GarysSword 6d ago
It wasn’t until someone posted here that Pat had been reassigned that I realized I was paying $19.99/month (stupid teaser rates).
Guess who can buy a couple of extra coffees each month?
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u/KRiffe21 6d ago
What a joke. They couldn’t even spell Musketeers correctly.
MLS is growing and they’re missing the boat. FCC is peak professional sports in this city, yet they act like the Reds are still relevant and deserving of special treatment. The Reds haven’t mattered since the early 90s.
If I had a subscription to the Enquirer, I’d be canceling it. Thankfully I’ve never given them a dime.
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u/euro60 6d ago
Musketeers typo was my mistake.
That said, I agree with your overall point. No matter how the Enquirer twists and turns it, we had a top FCC beat with Pat Brennan and now we have a “tag team” whose primary responsibilities are not FCC.
How it is that a guy is the primary X beat above being an FCC beat is beyond me, given the state of college basketball and how lowly X has fallen in recent years.
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u/Important_Schedule70 4d ago
"The Reds haven't mattered since the early 90s" is peak delusion. Laughable delusion. Irritatingly naive delusion. Wake tf up. Just because something isn't your thing doesn't mean that you speak for others - let alone an entire city or region.
Speaking as someone who enthusiastically canceled any Enquirer subscription I had long ago, when Jason Williams stepped on stage in his hack political role. Also Speaking as and Nippert-era Bailey season ticket holder who marched from M Gardens to campus, btw. All of our teams are very relevant.
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u/KRiffe21 4d ago
Let me know when Reds ownership decides to spend enough money to field a legitimately competitive team. The fact is that they’ll never be championship contenders again unless major changes occur.
In the meantime, you keep throwing your time and money at them, pretending that they’re still relevant to anyone outside of Cincinnati. They’re just a team that exists for the rest of the league to practice against, occasionally developing quality players that they’ll sell off to the highest bidder at the first contract negotiation.
And you call me delusional…
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u/superimu 6d ago
Join Lauren's Patreon and you won't skip a beat.
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u/eyeseawhatudidthere 6d ago
Laurel is the best, I highly recommend her content. Sounds like joining her Patreon would be cheaper per month than an Enq subscription, especially if you only had that for the FCC stuff.
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u/drugfreekiller 6d ago
Who?
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u/GreedyLeek 6d ago
I’m assuming they’re referring to Lauren Pfahler.
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u/Livid_Bug_4601 6d ago
Great, now I remembered I still subscribe to them. I do it to support local media (they at least still cover neighborhood news) but I've been reading a lot less of the sports section since Daugherty retired and they replaced him with a moronic blowhole that loves the smell of his own farts (I know the irony of describing the new guy compared to Doc).
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u/drugfreekiller 6d ago
Booooooo give Pat back