Gannett has tapped Bryan West, a 35-year-old journalist from Arizona who has just moved to Nashville, to fill the newly added, headline-making position.
Is it though? Traditionally major artists had a core group of reporters that followed them. Swift is a Billionaire who carries a huge audience. It actually makes sense that she would get this level of attention.
They usually followed an entertainment beat in general. Following a single celebrity is not something a mainstream news outlet generally does. There could be a Beyonce reporter too for the same reasoning. There isn’t. There shouldn’t be.
Is it though? Traditionally major artists had a core group of reporters that followed them. Swift is a Billionaire who carries a huge audience. It actually makes sense that she would get this level of attention.
They usually followed an entertainment beat in general. Following a single celebrity is not something a mainstream news outlet generally does. There could be a Beyonce reporter too for the same reasoning. There isn’t. There shouldn’t be.
Bowie, Kiss, Bon Jovi, and The Beatles all had dedicated reporters.
Which national newspaper hired dedicated reporters for them?
Derek Taylor covered The Beatles forever at the Daily Express.
David Thomas followed David Bowie in the 80s for The Atlantic
Jeremy Peters followed Bon Jovi from the 90s and early 2000s for the New York Times.