Monday, June 20, 2011
Intership log 2
I did a preview and covered a triathlon this week. I found cool stories within the triathlon to do, and I believe the stories went well. Going back to last week I read my comments on the story and most people seemed to enjoy. Except for one guy who thought I used the wrong word at the beginning of my story, but he made a joke about, I laughed-- sports is a beautiful thing... but he really is dead wrong, I used the right word. But on the triathlon, it was such a huge event I probably interviewed 15 people before I found a good story. And it was worth it.
Internship Log week 1
It has been a fun internship so far. They are letting me write, and I am finding cool stories within the confines of the Uni-Hill 2K. My tactic so far is just interviewing everyone. Now since these aren't professional athletes, people love to be interviewed. I mean some pretend that they are indifferent, but deep down they love the questions. Kidding aside, a lot of interviews led me to do two stories that my editors really liked- both made the front page of the Sports Section. Granted their wasn't much else being covered on the days, I'll take it.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Different Media Outlets: Dallas Mavericks win the NBA Finals
espn.com
Strengths
- Stories came out fast
- Constant updating with game score, fan reactions, etc.
- Lot of perspectives- syncs Dallas and Miami writers
Disadvantages
- Stories come with video, but by the time you see those, you could have seen it 10 minutes ago live on television
- Can be bias, writers have their own opinion-- they are evident even in hard news stories
ESPN
Strengths
- Live updates
- Extensive live recap
- Can get more of the feel with video of all aspects of the NBA Finals
- Audience gets story immediately
Disadvantages
- Very bias, SportsCenter is all experts, not un-bias newscasters
- Does not weed out dribble. Example: Dirk's boring press conference
Twitter
Strengths
- More opinionated
- Different kinds of stories. Example: Cleveland reaction to Lebron losing
- Reach to all kinds of audience who don't just flip to espn.com or ESPN
- Can hear from athletes on what they want to say
- Can be used to start news stories
Disadvantages
- Not news
- Can spark a news story, but is not back-checked
- Who knows who is actually behind some of these Twitter accounts
ESPN Blogs
Strengths
- Mixes opinions and facts
- Can cover things not covered in the mainstream media
- can be used to get story ideas
Disadvantages
- not hard news
- opinions conflict with "facts"
Strengths
- Stories came out fast
- Constant updating with game score, fan reactions, etc.
- Lot of perspectives- syncs Dallas and Miami writers
Disadvantages
- Stories come with video, but by the time you see those, you could have seen it 10 minutes ago live on television
- Can be bias, writers have their own opinion-- they are evident even in hard news stories
ESPN
Strengths
- Live updates
- Extensive live recap
- Can get more of the feel with video of all aspects of the NBA Finals
- Audience gets story immediately
Disadvantages
- Very bias, SportsCenter is all experts, not un-bias newscasters
- Does not weed out dribble. Example: Dirk's boring press conference
Strengths
- More opinionated
- Different kinds of stories. Example: Cleveland reaction to Lebron losing
- Reach to all kinds of audience who don't just flip to espn.com or ESPN
- Can hear from athletes on what they want to say
- Can be used to start news stories
Disadvantages
- Not news
- Can spark a news story, but is not back-checked
- Who knows who is actually behind some of these Twitter accounts
ESPN Blogs
Strengths
- Mixes opinions and facts
- Can cover things not covered in the mainstream media
- can be used to get story ideas
Disadvantages
- not hard news
- opinions conflict with "facts"
Monday, June 6, 2011
Blog Reporting 3 First Assignment
After reading both Rick Reilly's and Nate Silver's speeches, one thing is for certain: media is changing quicker than a runway model.
Silver said that new-age media organizations are having to do more with less. This means that reporters are being asked not only to write stories; but also blog about events, shoot photo and chirp more tweets than a morning bird.
All for the sake of a decrease in employees and money-- but definitely an increase on cyber-friend potential.
Silver also said don't be cynical...
Moving on. Reilly to the same level, agrees that the media industry is going through gigantic, enormous changes. However, Reilly said that these other parts of media still do not surpass the job of a real journalist. He said we still need journalists to track down leads and actually talk to people-- contrary to the "follow me" on Twitter, in an attempt for journalists to get all their information. He said that no matter where digital media goes, these principles will always be held to the highest degree.
While Silver agrees with this point at the surface, he said that today's journalists need to be entrepreneurial. This means that journalists need to learn how to do other things, besides just writing for big industries. These other things, like blogging and tweeting will be big factors in journalist's futures, as their career progresses.
In the end, one thing is for certain; media is in a constant change. On one hand, journalists need to remember the basic principles that makes them a journalists including: writing stories, interviewing, etc. However, journalists today, and in the future, must know how to intertwine these skills with the aspects of the digital-age media.
So now that I'm done with blogging, I guess I'll go tweet, shoot some photo, eat dinner, do video, and update my Facebook status-- on my smart phone of course. All in attempt to get a good grade on my first assignment in Reporting 3.
Silver said that new-age media organizations are having to do more with less. This means that reporters are being asked not only to write stories; but also blog about events, shoot photo and chirp more tweets than a morning bird.
All for the sake of a decrease in employees and money-- but definitely an increase on cyber-friend potential.
Silver also said don't be cynical...
Moving on. Reilly to the same level, agrees that the media industry is going through gigantic, enormous changes. However, Reilly said that these other parts of media still do not surpass the job of a real journalist. He said we still need journalists to track down leads and actually talk to people-- contrary to the "follow me" on Twitter, in an attempt for journalists to get all their information. He said that no matter where digital media goes, these principles will always be held to the highest degree.
While Silver agrees with this point at the surface, he said that today's journalists need to be entrepreneurial. This means that journalists need to learn how to do other things, besides just writing for big industries. These other things, like blogging and tweeting will be big factors in journalist's futures, as their career progresses.
In the end, one thing is for certain; media is in a constant change. On one hand, journalists need to remember the basic principles that makes them a journalists including: writing stories, interviewing, etc. However, journalists today, and in the future, must know how to intertwine these skills with the aspects of the digital-age media.
So now that I'm done with blogging, I guess I'll go tweet, shoot some photo, eat dinner, do video, and update my Facebook status-- on my smart phone of course. All in attempt to get a good grade on my first assignment in Reporting 3.
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