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Post by QCS Admin on Oct 9, 2006 11:29:26 GMT -5
I might be jumping the gun,but its pretty bad they don't have anything on their website about the GAR
I know high school running gets very little coverage.
In my opinion they suck!! ;D
Now that I have that off my back
I go to many of meets,all the local towns have reporter out and about taking interviews of the runner and coaches,and I have yet to see one Times News reporter at a meet.
I also like their local sport sections
Football
Soccer
Outdoors
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Post by Justin on Oct 9, 2006 13:12:32 GMT -5
This is an age-old problem. Times-News has never had very good coverage. When they ever had any good information it was because others would write the stories for them for free.
I remember being interviewed by a TN reporter (and editor) and it was a very long interview. First I had to teach them how a XC meet is scored, then I had to find a way to answer numerous weird questions in order to both educate them on the sport and answer the best I could what I thought they wanted, tapering was a total lost cause to even try to explain.
Really though these writers would probably be better off not trying to write much about our sport. Would you want someone who doesn't know how a football game is scored to be writing an article on the homecoming game? If they dedicated someone to it and that person was interested in learning, then it would work. I believe hell will freeze over before that happens.
Overall, this is one of the reasons why this web-site is so great. Most runners are not covered at all in traditional media. Most of the athletes aren't looking for press-time or to be well known, they just love to run. The great coverage by the web-sites is an unexpected pleasant addition, and greatly appreciated.
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