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Company and Staff
BassFan, a publication of OutdoorsFan Media, went live in July 2001. OutdoorsFan Media is a division of InterMedia Outdoors, Inc. with offices in Paradise, Calif., Dunkirk, N.Y., Lancaster, N.Y., Mongtomery, Ala., Houston, Texas, and Atlanta, Ga. BassFan.com provides the world's premier daily coverage of professional bass tournaments as well "amateur" tournaments and bass-specific news and features. It's widely regarded as the publication of record for the sport of bass fishing and the bass-fishing industry.
Additional OutdoorsFan Media sites include:
- WalleyeFan.com, the only independent, daily news site to focus exclusively on pro walleye fishing and the walleye-fishing industry
- InshoreFan.com, a leading site focused on inshore fishing news, information and entertainment
- ShotgunFan.com, a pioneer in online news and information related to shotgun hunting, gear and shooting
- BassFanArmy.com, an on-ground and online community, which is the largest grassroots membership program in fishing
- OutdoorsFanWeather.com, a full-service outdoors weather site that's quick and easy to use
Jon Storm is OutdoorsFan Media's editor in chief. A longtime industry veteran, he previously was senior editor of North American Fisherman magazine and editor of Bass West USA magazine, and has hosted television shows on ESPN and ESPN2. Jon fishes for anything that swims, and is darn good at it.
John Johnson is BassFan's managing editor. He came to the company with 18 years of sports journalism experience, including stints as sports editor at three California daily newspapers, and has won awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and other organizations. He's covered conventional sports at every level, from high school to the World Series, NFL playoffs and golf's U.S. Open. He's a lifelong bass fisherman and also is a big-time bird-hunter and competitive shotgunner.
Jason Bryant and Todd Ceisner are BassFan's senior editors. Bryant, a multi-talented writer and editor, regularly fishes both bass and inshore tournaments. You'll often spot him fishing the Gulf in his kayak. Ceisner, a 10-year sports-news veteran, calls New York's Finger Lakes his stomping ground.
Jim Manry is OutdoorsFan Media's general manager. An accomplished outdoor media leader with more than 25 years of sales experience, Jim formerly served as senior account director at ESPN Outdoors. Prior to that he was eastern sporting goods manager for Field & Stream and Outdoor Life magazines.
In addition to our in-house staff, BassFan uses knowledgeable freelance writers and photographers from all over the country.
Contact our editorial staff at editor@BassFan.com, or send them a message via BassFan FeedBack (the more direct route).
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BassFan Media
BassFan.com was established to do one thing: Bring to bass anglers and fans a new, exciting, national type of coverage of pro bass fishing. The name BassFan says it all.
BassFan media also includes BassFan Radio and BassFan TV (Video), both of which will continue to develop and expand, as well as the BassFan World Rankings.
The BassFan World Rankings are the first and only statistical multi-year, cross-tour World Rankings of professional bass anglers, making them the most important stat in the sport of professional bass fishing. The BassFan World Rankings are updated after each tour-level event, including championships. For more about the rankings, click here. (Note: Single-year point races are not rankings. All rankings in major sports are multi-year because that is the only way to measure performance over time.)
To become a sponsor of or advertiser with any BassFan media, please contact us at marketing@BassFan.com.
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Editorial Policies
BassFan's No. 1 duty is to its readers/viewers/listeners. Everything else is secondary.
Coverage of Conflicts
BassFan reports statements about controversies as they are obtained from observers and some or all of the parties involved. No attempt is made to weigh the statements to find "ultimate truths" or draw a conclusion about who, or whether anyone, was right or wrong. That option is up to the reader.
At times columnists whose views appear on BassFan.com address the perceived rights and wrongs in such situations. That is their prerogative as columnists, and BassFan does not necessarily agree with those views.
BassFan does not believe that reporting on controversies harms the sport of inshore fishing. To the contrary, such reporting is commonplace in all sports and contributes to a sport's depth and consequent fan-interest level. Controversy also is an unavoidable, and in fact necessary, part of all forms of competition.
Taking Sides Within the Industry
BassFan leads by example through not "taking sides" within the sport of inshore fishing, as all truly independent and professional (ethical) news outlets must do.
As part of that, BassFan will not accept any exclusive sponsorships within the fishing and marine industries. BassFan believes that every player is important to the success of the sport. We also endeavor to avoid shameless sponsor plugs.
Likewise, IshoreFan's coverage is not in any way influenced by sponsors/advertisers. In fact, here is the exact language we send to all of our sponsors: "BassFan's objective hard-news content is the biggest reason anglers and fans like BassFan. Because of that we will not in any way allow sponsors to censor or otherwise edit our content. To do that would compromise BassFan and thus the value of your sponsorship."
Disclosure of Fishing Locations/Info
BassFan is firmly against revealing specifically where tournament anglers fish, either via words, GPS points, or 3D or other mapping. Since time immemorial, fishing techniques have been shared, but for obvious reasons fishing spots have been closely-guarded secrets. We believe that fishing spots are the product of hard work and therefore should remain the exclusive information of the anglers who find them.
Any specific location information revealed by BassFan is done so at the request of the angler or because we have judged that the information isn't specific enough to reveal an angler's exact spot. At times it is revealed because one of the tournament organizations first revealed it publicly.
We do not publish pattern information during a competition unless an angler tells us that he or she won't mind that it is released.
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Copyright
Everything on BassFan.com, including BassFan Radio and BassFan TV, is the copyright of OutdoorsFan Media and InterMedia Outdoors, Inc., except where noted (e.g., photo credits, third-party provided video, etc.). Members of accredited media may use BassFan content under explicit restrictions. Any use of BassFan content not explicitly permitted by BassFan, OutdoorsFan Media or InterMedia Outdoors is a breach of copyright law and will be prosecuted as such.
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