These two articles were nicely done. I thought they both gave a good insight into what's going on in the press box and the rush that there is to get information out there from a first hand source. It really is like a manic rush to be the first to break something as small as a lineup card and get quotes. I've seen people rush downstairs for the post game press conference to get a good seat to get the best audio possible at Temple football games, and that's just college. At these football games I've also seen the beat writers who are scribbling notes down at the speed of light and tweeting at the same time. Because of my experiences in the press box at Temple football games, I was able to paint a clear picture while reading these stories and relate to them pretty well. For a homework assignment once in a sports writing class I had, we had to do a written play-by-play of one of the football games. It's so tough just to do that, I could only imagine tweeting and blogging at the same time.
However, there is the ugly side to this. Missing information and putting out something false can hurt you and like the article from last week said, maybe first isn't the best. This atmosphere creates what feels like a royal rumble battle ground. It's every reporter and writer for themselves and if you lose out then you lose a small piece of credibility from a follower. It's not good that this is how it is, but if organizations were to hire a blogger, tweeter and writer to cover every game, you would have to build press boxes as big as the stadium itself. So unfortunately it must be done all by one person, but if you're good at it, I don't see a problem with it.
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