Peter Bodo on the State of Tennis Journalism
I've been reading Peter Bodo's writings since he began publishing and he clearly knows his trade. The one thing that I've witnessed and participated in is the rise of free tennis journalism thanks to the Internet. It is more hands off since players can't have relationships with thousands of writers. The cost of travel to follow the players can't be covered by most since they don't have an expense account courtesy of a publication. Tennis reporting has become more distributed in terms of both quality and direction but on average I'd say that we've all benefited from the huge increase in information found regarding tennis players, the tour, instruction, and coaching.
Before you waited once a month for your Tennis Magazine and that was it unless you read the USTA publications related to amateur competition. There is a Tennis Industry magazine that existed for a long time but only club owners usually saw these since they were the market for the products advertised there.
On average I'd say we're all better off with the state of things in Tennis Journalism. Having Bodo out there to keep up the standard of knowledge and excellence gives the competition something to aim toward.
