elements of release
header
each question is a bullet that needs to be in the header
This one focuses on release specifically
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game audience
upcoming game
good sport info specialists know about...
audio and video production, finance, law, marketing, negotiation, game organizations, etc
what was the first sports event covered
May 5, 1773, Boston Guzzette, boxing match in London
what is identifying sender
college or team name and address
first step
suggested headline
hoemtown release
focus on athletes hometown, story about athlete performance
Florida example
used S.I.S. from florida as example, knew to use the other side of the field due to the sun
1896--
1920s/30s---
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of New York World offered the 1st sports section in the newspaper
papers started assigning "beat reporters" to cover something the picture cut it off
contact person
SID (what is that) or writer of release?
dateline
where release something, i didnt know the word.... (ALL Caps)<---- you said that
hard news release
standard hard news story
seeking the right mix of schools, NCAA and A.D.'s formed and reformed what?
athletic conferences to extract the most lucrative broadcast bids
1950s---
1960s---
television coverage drove newspapers into locker rooms
high profit margins led to conglomeration
what contact info should you have
telephone number, day and night fax number, email address
release
lead with 5 W's, point in descending order of importance
weekly review/preview
games from previous week/upcoming week
the larger and more organized the athletic reasons....
the more complex the job for the sports info specialist
sports are now...
the number one reason people buy newspapers
final move
release date and requested publication date FIK (for immediate release)
org tag
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there wasn't a fifth one, soooo who's gonna win the game tonight????
DODGERS!!!!
syracuse and pitt to ACC was because of broadcasting contact clause, which stated what
the clause stated if ACC added 2 more teams they could negotiate the contract again. ACC bought out syracuse from Big East, then you said something about a fine
most watched program O.A.T.
Super Bowl 49 (2015)