The struggling newspaper industry claimed another victim on Monday, when Frank Schwab of the Colorado Springs Gazette announced his paper would no longer cover the Broncos.
Schwab will transfer to the Air Force beat, so the paper won’t totally lose a great beat writer.
While the Gazette doesn’t have the resources of the Denver Post, it provided plenty of great coverage during Schwab’s ten years on the job and before he jumped on. Following the demise of the Rocky Mountain News in 2009, Denver joins a growing list of NFL teams that essentially have one major paper covering them.
Team websites help fill the gap, but can’t provide a complete picture. Ultimately, readers of quality local football coverage lose out.
