Did you play high school sports? Were you ever interviewed? What was your view of the local paper in

terms of high school coverage?

You have two games to cover: Local high school field hockey tournament Washington Redskins football game

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

A high school cornerback gets burned for a game-winning touchdown.

Do you print his name in the next day’s newspaper?

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?

Pick up a newspaper and watch an ESPN morning SportsCenter

How much does each level of sports get coverage?

What is preferred?

More than just a game

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

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/

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