Classic conflicts

The Kelowna Rockets are looking for a head coach, Jeff Truitt having resigned last month to sign with the AHL’s Springfield Falcons.
The Portland Winter Hawks may be looking for a head coach, Mike Williamson’s contract having expired.
These two situations have left a couple of my blogging brethren in classic conflicts that show just what a tightrope some of these people must walk.
Both of these gentlemen work on broadcast crews that handle games of/for the Rockets and Winter Hawks.
Both have gone to some lengths recently to explain that while they want you to visit their blogs, you shouldn’t expect to stop by and discover who the next head coach will be; at least, not if it hasn’t been released by the team with which each is affiliated.
“First off,” blogged Andy Kemper at After The Whistle, “let me state that out of respect for the team, I will not announce anything on this blog that has not been officially announced by the Portland Winter Hawks organization.”
Kemper is the analyst, alongside play-by-play man Dean (Scooter) Vrooman, on Winter Hawks’ broadcasts.
Kemper “is in the same situation as I am,” blogged Regan Bartel, the radio voice of the Rockets. “If he leaks something to us blog readers, sure he makes us happy, but his life becomes miserable as any trust he has built up within the ‘Hawks organization is lost.”
On June 22, Bartel posted this at Regan’s Rant: “When the new coach of the Kelowna Rockets is known, don't expect to see it on this blog prior to the team’s announcement.
“In case you are unfamiliar with the way things work, it would be like shooting your foot to name the coach prior to the announcement, when in essence, you work for the team.
“While I am not paid by the Rockets, our relationship is extremely close and I wouldn't want to jeopardise that in any way.
“I may know who he is, but won't release it until the hockey club officially does.”
All of this is well and good. But it leads to questions:
1. If you know the news but don’t report the news, are you a journalist?
2. If you know the news and don’t report the news, what does this do to your credibility when it comes to game broadcasts? Should the listener believe a voice when that voice is critical of a referee who has just penalized the team with which the voice is affiliated, or when the voice praises the goaltender of the team with which it is affiliated?
3. Is all of this just one more conundrum presented to us as we learn the does and don’ts of the Internet world?
It is worth remembering, however, that a journalist is only as good as his/her credibility.
Without credibility, then, a journalist no longer is a journalist.