On January 17th at Sandy Spring Museum’s Dr. Bird room Writer Steve Ginsburg (a wire guy) and photographer Mark Goldman (a shooter) offered anecdotes about covering the world of sports. From the pressures of being a “wire guy” – the journalists who write the stories that get fed to thousands of newspapers and broadcasters through the world – to the challenge of “shooters” – those who take the jaw-dropping images during the most crucial moments of a big game.
As sports journalists who have covered nearly every acclaimed athlete in recent history, they also shared some amusing behind-the-scenes stories and discussed the difference between the players’ public persona and their locker room temperament.
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