Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Better late than never: Slideshow critique
http://www.nhl.com/ice/gallerylanding.htm?id=7059
This slideshow it the best photo's from the NHL and you see it by clicking here. Each picture has a caption, and the caption tells you what is happening in the photo. It is a decent storytelling tool, because in many of them something big is happening.
Like someone celebrating, that means they are excited and the other team is not. Or even action shots can tell you what is going to happen next, in the game that was being played.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=MEDIA02
Another Slideshow I used is the first one on this page, about the cicada's. THis slideshow also has captions and tells a story using sound. The sound that the bugs made all summer long, tells how annoying these bugs were. Instead of just a story about how noisy the bugs are, the Times decides to show us through this multimedia slideshow.
This slideshow it the best photo's from the NHL and you see it by clicking here. Each picture has a caption, and the caption tells you what is happening in the photo. It is a decent storytelling tool, because in many of them something big is happening.
Like someone celebrating, that means they are excited and the other team is not. Or even action shots can tell you what is going to happen next, in the game that was being played.
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=MEDIA02
Another Slideshow I used is the first one on this page, about the cicada's. THis slideshow also has captions and tells a story using sound. The sound that the bugs made all summer long, tells how annoying these bugs were. Instead of just a story about how noisy the bugs are, the Times decides to show us through this multimedia slideshow.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Critique of podcasts
ESPN Hockey today, The Melrose Line
This podcast is a weekly 25 to 40 minute long broadcast. ESPN hosts it with their hockey personalities. Barry Melrose is usually the main man and host Joy Russo asks questions about different teams and players. They discuss trade rumors, teams, and highlights. Unfortunately since it is a weekly pod cast the highlights and analysis gets out dated real quick.
It is a real professional sounding podcast that could pass as a radio show.
I already listen to this podcast almost every week and will most likely continue to listen after this assignment.
ESPN the Thundering Herd
This is a half hour podcast that is a recap of the best clips from the ESPN radio show “The Herd” hosted by Colin Cowherd. The pod cast is highlights from his show, his big interviews. On his show he talks sports and life. He often compares sports to real life, and athletes to people in the real world.
This being a radio version pod cast it is very professionally done with good sound effects and good interviews.
I often listen to “The Herd” and on days I miss the show I download the pod cast and listen to the highlights.
The B.S. Report
“The B.S. Report” is a pod cast hosted by writer Bill Simmons. It is not a daily podcast but often he does it multiple times a week. Simmons is a writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine and has his own web site that ESPN hosts.
On his pod cast he talks sports and about the big things that are happening in the various leagues. He often has other writers come on and talk about topics that they are familiar with. A lot of times he has his friend on the podcast and they may not even touch on sports for half of the podcast. His podcast is hosted by ESPN, and the radio runs it and makes it like a radio quality broadcast. The sound quality is very professional and often the topics are professionally discussed, but often it is childish ramblings.
I read Simmons column every week, and sometimes if I want to get more in depth on a topic he writes about, I will listen to his podcast, so I will most likely listen to this again after this assignment.
This podcast is a weekly 25 to 40 minute long broadcast. ESPN hosts it with their hockey personalities. Barry Melrose is usually the main man and host Joy Russo asks questions about different teams and players. They discuss trade rumors, teams, and highlights. Unfortunately since it is a weekly pod cast the highlights and analysis gets out dated real quick.
It is a real professional sounding podcast that could pass as a radio show.
I already listen to this podcast almost every week and will most likely continue to listen after this assignment.
ESPN the Thundering Herd
This is a half hour podcast that is a recap of the best clips from the ESPN radio show “The Herd” hosted by Colin Cowherd. The pod cast is highlights from his show, his big interviews. On his show he talks sports and life. He often compares sports to real life, and athletes to people in the real world.
This being a radio version pod cast it is very professionally done with good sound effects and good interviews.
I often listen to “The Herd” and on days I miss the show I download the pod cast and listen to the highlights.
The B.S. Report
“The B.S. Report” is a pod cast hosted by writer Bill Simmons. It is not a daily podcast but often he does it multiple times a week. Simmons is a writer for ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine and has his own web site that ESPN hosts.
On his pod cast he talks sports and about the big things that are happening in the various leagues. He often has other writers come on and talk about topics that they are familiar with. A lot of times he has his friend on the podcast and they may not even touch on sports for half of the podcast. His podcast is hosted by ESPN, and the radio runs it and makes it like a radio quality broadcast. The sound quality is very professional and often the topics are professionally discussed, but often it is childish ramblings.
I read Simmons column every week, and sometimes if I want to get more in depth on a topic he writes about, I will listen to his podcast, so I will most likely listen to this again after this assignment.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
More to Coaching Than Meets the Eye.
Building a competative college team takes a lot more effort than just coaching during the season. Coaches spend their offseason trying to recruit players to come to their school and play for their team, and at Lyndon its not that easy.
Full Story:
In collegiate sports the road to success starts well before the season does.
"Great players make good coaches great," said Vincent Maloney, The LSC women's baskestball coach. At a small school such as Lyndon, great players don't walk through the door, you have to go find them.
Setting up a network of high school, junior college, and prep school coaches is one of the keys to sucesfully recruiting athletes. These networks are usally with in the school's region. Most coaches at Lyndon will look for players through out New England, while larger, division one schools often recruit nation wide and sometimes internationally.
"Recruiting is selling," said Bill Johnson, the Lyndon State sports information director. Coaches need to sell the athlete on the small things that they can't get anywhere else but their school.
Joe Krupinski, the men's basketball coach at Lyndon State, says that he tries to sell the student on improvement of themselves as well as improvement of the team, telling them that they can be part of getting the school back on the winning track.
Chris Ummer, Lyndon States cross-country coach, tries to sell the athletes on their individual improvement. Most coaches will also try to sell the student on the area that suronds the campus.
Perhaps the biggest challenge is seeing the athlete play. Most high school seasons run at the same time as college seasons. This makes it difficult to recruit.
Krupinski said you need to focus on the current season while keeping the future in the back of your head at all times. So many coaches use the semester break to do the bulk of their recruiting.
"Students are very excited when a coach walks in to see them play," said Maloney.
Once the player is found by the coach, they begin sending letters, e-mails and then a phone call to schedule a campus visit.
According to Ummer, the key to getting a player is the campus visit. He tries to have current runners swing by and talk to the recruits, that way they feel like they are already part of the team and want to come to Lyndon.
Full Story:
In collegiate sports the road to success starts well before the season does.
"Great players make good coaches great," said Vincent Maloney, The LSC women's baskestball coach. At a small school such as Lyndon, great players don't walk through the door, you have to go find them.
Setting up a network of high school, junior college, and prep school coaches is one of the keys to sucesfully recruiting athletes. These networks are usally with in the school's region. Most coaches at Lyndon will look for players through out New England, while larger, division one schools often recruit nation wide and sometimes internationally.
"Recruiting is selling," said Bill Johnson, the Lyndon State sports information director. Coaches need to sell the athlete on the small things that they can't get anywhere else but their school.
Joe Krupinski, the men's basketball coach at Lyndon State, says that he tries to sell the student on improvement of themselves as well as improvement of the team, telling them that they can be part of getting the school back on the winning track.
Chris Ummer, Lyndon States cross-country coach, tries to sell the athletes on their individual improvement. Most coaches will also try to sell the student on the area that suronds the campus.
Perhaps the biggest challenge is seeing the athlete play. Most high school seasons run at the same time as college seasons. This makes it difficult to recruit.
Krupinski said you need to focus on the current season while keeping the future in the back of your head at all times. So many coaches use the semester break to do the bulk of their recruiting.
"Students are very excited when a coach walks in to see them play," said Maloney.
Once the player is found by the coach, they begin sending letters, e-mails and then a phone call to schedule a campus visit.
According to Ummer, the key to getting a player is the campus visit. He tries to have current runners swing by and talk to the recruits, that way they feel like they are already part of the team and want to come to Lyndon.
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