Last Thursday, the women’s basketball team made it into the first round of the MIAA tournament in Kansas City, their second in a row. They were in seed 8 and their opposing team is seed 1.
This story was happening outside of our normal news cycle since it was two days before spring break but there is always a chance of them winning, of them going further in the tournament, and ultimately winning (slim they may be but still a chance) but still newsworthy since we have a website.
Read the how the game went here: http://griffonbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/03/miaa-tournament-championships.html
This story was happening outside of our normal news cycle since it was two days before spring break but there is always a chance of them winning, of them going further in the tournament, and ultimately winning (slim they may be but still a chance) but still newsworthy since we have a website.
Read the how the game went here: http://griffonbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/03/miaa-tournament-championships.html
But, there is a difference, no matter how well the Griffon News (or other journalistic venues) reports on the games, no words in our paper could accurately express how much the referees can change the game, how the players are frustrated, or how they are tired struggling with an aggressive and physical opposing team. Some writers can come close, but not all the way.
For that experience, one must actually be at the game, hear Jill Johnson yell out commands, see Yanique Jarvois struggling because of sickness, or see Chemia Woods go against opponents who are taller and bigger than her but still holding her ground.
For that experience, one must actually be at the game, hear Jill Johnson yell out commands, see Yanique Jarvois struggling because of sickness, or see Chemia Woods go against opponents who are taller and bigger than her but still holding her ground.
Journalism comes close but being there is always difference.
4 comments:
Interesting post and it is true. It's hard too depict a game 100 percent accurately.
I agree there is nothing like actually being at the games. There is an electricity in the air that you just can't look at the box score an get.
"For that experience, one must actually be at the game, hear Jill Johnson yell out commands..."
I'm impressed that you chose a topic about which you are knowlegeable. You haven't just casually observed, so you're able to write with a lot of authority.
To get an actual feel for the game, you'd have to witness it; I agree.
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