Chris Errington furloughed

[Brechin Hedge]

i am actually shocked the herald has not reported the on the game.

Another 'institution', like the match programme, which has been almost rendered irrelevant by the bloody internet. no more plymouth live or herald for me.

And whilst on my high horse, the club website has become very superficial since the departure of rick cowdery. love him or not, he had a deep knowledge of Argyle and the club history which seems to be lost now and riddled with factual errors

 

[gaspargomez]

There was a match report in the print version of the Herald today and it was well written.

Whilst Chris Errington is my favourite Argyle journalist, the other writers are decent as well. I just wish they would revive the Argyle podcast which was a very good listen. Credit to the Herald- I've always found them to be the best source of independent news about the club. On the whole, they do a great job.

 

[Antipodean]

There was half-baked live coverage in the sport section: https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/ ... er-4645561

It is becoming a habit to have stories like these there and not on the dedicated Argyle page:

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/ ... er-4642619

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sport/ ... es-4642590

I have know idea why this is happening. Plymouth Live might be short-handed but it's a simple matter of putting the stories in the right part of the website.

 

[Antipodean]

That should be 'no idea'.

 

[tonsk]

That should be 'no idea'.

Have you furloughed your proof reader?

:lol:


tonsk

 

[PL2 3DQ]

i am actually shocked the herald has not reported the on the game.

Another 'institution', like the match programme, which has been almost rendered irrelevant by the bloody internet. no more plymouth live or herald for me.

And whilst on my high horse, the club website has become very superficial since the departure of rick cowdery. love him or not, he had a deep knowledge of Argyle and the club history which seems to be lost now and riddled with factual errors

I think the club media department is down to just Dan and Charlie, the content on the club website is more video based now instead of the written word. I'm not sure if that's the modern way or just lack of time. There's definitely less articles now on the club website, I suppose there ain't much going on.

 

[Nobby]

i am actually shocked the herald has not reported the on the game.

Another 'institution', like the match programme, which has been almost rendered irrelevant by the bloody internet. no more plymouth live or herald for me.

And whilst on my high horse, the club website has become very superficial since the departure of rick cowdery. love him or not, he had a deep knowledge of Argyle and the club history which seems to be lost now and riddled with factual errors

I think the club media department is down to just Dan and Charlie, the content on the club website is more video based now instead of the written word. I'm not sure if that's the modern way or just lack of time. There's definitely less articles now on the club website, I suppose there ain't much going on.

It is the modern way. I think it’s probably to do with the circumstances as well. Video allows us to see behind the scenes and keep more connection to the club/staff/place than reading an article might.

The Herald is crap. Doubt they even sent someone to the last couple games and reported off iFollow, given they had no post-match comments from Lowe at all.

 

[jimsing]

There is usually a media update on injuries on a Thursday, but perhaps the lack of a match on Saturday has changed things.

 

[Kentishgreen]

The Herald is now even more of a busted flush than it was to start with. For me it went downhill when it started to be delivered at 2 pm. It became a caricature of the Evening Herald which used to be a reasonably sensible newspaper.

 

[lunarjetman]

I buy the Herald and I think its very good for a local paper. The sports team covering Argyle do a nice job. The local football coverage is good and there are plenty of other things to read apart from that.
Its a Plymouth institution and if it disappeared people would miss it.

 

[jimsing]

It would appear that Chris has taken a few days off during the school break to be with the family.

 

[Antipodean]

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Chris Errington taking a break like any other employee.

But, as already pointed out, who is minding the shop at Plymouth Live? Argyle followers are a big chunk of its readers, hence the dedicated section. I would have thought somebody should be keeping the show going. If not, things must be truly desperate in the news media.

 

[OnicknowlePete]

I think you will find things have been desperate in all news media for quite some time, ever reducing sales, less advertising revenue etc which is why you see more and more national stories in your local rag, i do get the Herald, and it along with many other local papers have changed big time. Someone will no doubt have annual sales figures for regional papers, so it would be interesting to see the picture over say the last five years,
Pete

 

[briangreen]

Herald is now owned by the mirror group (Daily Mirror), I find it difficult to fully believe that any mg outlet is anymore than a tabloid, a comic without cartoons.
Chris Errington is a serious sports journalist who I met a few years ago and was impressed by his argyle knowledge and concern for them (in admin) and frankly I wish he worked for a better organisation, but he's still one of the best in the south western area.

 

[IJN]

Its a Plymouth institution and if it disappeared people would miss it.

I totally agree with that.