Are you familiar with performance enhancing drugs – doping – in sports. Perhaps you remember steroids in baseball, Lance Armstrong caught doping, or the entire Russian Olympic team banned for illegal drugs. Such scandals come out in the media. But could enhanced, in-depth journalism do more to make sports clean and fair?
In this episode of Newhouse Impact, Newhouse Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives Brad Horn makes the case for journalism training that would prepare reporters to recognize the signs of cheating. He'd further like to see the stories told of those who lost out on a championship, a match or race victory, or a medal to those who were skirting the rules on performance enhancing drugs. Sports leagues and governing bodies would also be held more accountable.
Horn has experience at the US Anti-Doping Agency and the Baseball Hal of Fame, so he's seen the impacts firsthand. Newhouse Impact is a production of WAER and the Newhouse School of Public Communications, with support from the office of Dean Regina Lutrell.
Music in this episode is Window to the souls by John Schuemaker from Free Music Archive under license.
