The Carolina Panthers begin the next phase of training camp today, as the team will be permitted a walk-through practice with all 80 players, according to a report by Alaina Getzenberg at the Charlotte Observer. This means we’ll soon be getting real football-related training camp updates from beat reporters like her.
Since so much of this team and the media that covers it has changed this year, here’s a review of 20 Twitter accounts to follow, broken down by who they are and what they do.
Beat Reporters
First up, there’s the people who are on the ground every day doing classic sports journalism. Their access will be more limited this season due to the pandemic, but they are still the most-likely people on Twitter to break a real news story.
Alaina Getzenberg – Observer
Jonathan Alexander – Observer
Joe Person – The Athletic
Steve Reed – Associated Press
David Newton – ESPN
Panthers in-house media
Next, there’s the folks who are employed by the team and produce real-time reports and digital content both on Twitter and for the official website.
Bill Voth
Myles Simmons
Kristen Balboni
Will Bryan
Panthers analysts
Then, we have the Twitter members who provide the best analysis on the team, even if they’re not always physically on-site at games and practices.
John Ellis – One Panther Place
Billy Marshall – SB Nation
National reporters
For a bigger view of the league, here are some of the best reporters breaking national news around the NFL.
Adam Schefter – ESPN
Ian Rapoport – NFL Network
National analysts
Here are the top follows producing analysis on the whole league.
Steven Ruiz – FTW
Doug Farrar – Touchdown Wire
Mark Schofield – Touchdown Wire
Warren Sharp – Sharp Football
Jason Fitzgerald – Over the Cap
Fantasy Football
And finally, there’s the people who know what they’re talking about when it comes to fantasy football.
