Covering the game
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Did you play high school sports? Were you ever interviewed? What was your view of the local paper in
terms of high school coverage?
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You have two games to cover: Local high school field hockey tournament Washington Redskins football game
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Gazette/Frederick News-Post: High school field hockey tournament.
Washington Post: Redskins game Why? Audience The Post has a much broader audience and
Redskins have larger following than HS FH News-Post and Gazette have more local
following and no one else is covering it. Their audience can always go elsewhere for bigger news, but can’t get FH at Washington Post
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A high school cornerback gets burned for a game-winning touchdown.
Do you print his name in the next day’s newspaper?
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Does it change if it’s a college or pro athlete?
Why? Why not? How do you think coverage changes
between each level and sports?
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Pick up a newspaper and watch an ESPN morning SportsCenter
How much does each level of sports get coverage?
What is preferred?
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More than just a game
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Topics include: Conference re-alignment NBA Lockout and negotiations Players’ suspensions Team ownership Congress/Government involvement
All have wide-ranging affects on sports, but aren’t necessarily determined by a score
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1. Tiger Woods (Golf), $127.9 million 2. Phil Mickelson (Golf), $61.6 million 3. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Boxing), $60
million 4. LeBron James (Basketball), $45 million 5. Alex Rodriguez (Baseball), $37 million 6. Shaq (Basketball), $36 million 7. Kobe Bryant (Basketball), $33 million 8. Derek Jeter (Baseball), $31 million 9. Peyton Manning (Football), $30.8 million 10. Dwayne Wade (Basketball), 27.9 million http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/
fortunate50-2010/index.html
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How does your salary compare to a pro athlete’s new contract?
ESPN Salary Crunch application