My story was about the Tiger Woods scandal. I approached students who do the whole shuttle-metro-carpool-home commute and use those glossy, trashy tabloids to entertain them on the long journey home. These students, two junior girls, were very informed about Tiger Woods's alleged affair because of these tabloids, but I was curious about his sports sponsorships and they couldn't really comment about that.
In my revision I would: travel to the sports marketing department at comcast and ask what the protocol is for atheletes' whose unsavory personal lives threaten their athletic accomplishments. Is the aim of sports marketing to bury that information entirely or refer to it gently and then move on? What do they know of sponsorships and do they personally think Woods is in danger of losing his sponsorships?
It might also be interesting to talk to media law professors about Woods's status as a public figure. The media has enthusiastically latched onto his story and new media has created a lot of opportunities to perpetuate falsehoods and misrepresent facts (e.g., Politico did a "breaking-news" blog about the Woods story that provided hour-by-hour updates and was absolutely riddled with uncredible information). What can media law scholars (like Professor Deb Nelson) tell me about the legality of these blog updates that are sponsored by publications?
And what about an athelete here on campus? Not necessarily a high-profile one, I know they're ridiculously hard to reach. But what about an athelete here who enjoys a certain amount of anonymity? Would he/she feel that personal life stuff should be kept separate from athletic accomplishments?
I struggled with ambient noise: I had sound of magazine pages flipping, of buses rolling into Stamp, of blackberrys buzzing as news updates about Woods rolled in, but nothing that suggested golf, sports, scandal, etc. Maybe if I spoke to an athlete I could use the sound of sneakers squeaking? Maybe the noise from people chatting at the bus stop?
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My story was about the Tiger Woods scandal. I approached students who do the whole shuttle-metro-carpool-home commute and use those glossy, trashy tabloids to entertain them on the long journey home. These students, two junior girls, were very informed about Tiger Woods's alleged affair because of these tabloids, but I was curious about his sports sponsorships and they couldn't really comment about that.
ReplyDeleteIn my revision I would: travel to the sports marketing department at comcast and ask what the protocol is for atheletes' whose unsavory personal lives threaten their athletic accomplishments. Is the aim of sports marketing to bury that information entirely or refer to it gently and then move on? What do they know of sponsorships and do they personally think Woods is in danger of losing his sponsorships?
It might also be interesting to talk to media law professors about Woods's status as a public figure. The media has enthusiastically latched onto his story and new media has created a lot of opportunities to perpetuate falsehoods and misrepresent facts (e.g., Politico did a "breaking-news" blog about the Woods story that provided hour-by-hour updates and was absolutely riddled with uncredible information). What can media law scholars (like Professor Deb Nelson) tell me about the legality of these blog updates that are sponsored by publications?
And what about an athelete here on campus? Not necessarily a high-profile one, I know they're ridiculously hard to reach. But what about an athelete here who enjoys a certain amount of anonymity? Would he/she feel that personal life stuff should be kept separate from athletic accomplishments?
I struggled with ambient noise: I had sound of magazine pages flipping, of buses rolling into Stamp, of blackberrys buzzing as news updates about Woods rolled in, but nothing that suggested golf, sports, scandal, etc. Maybe if I spoke to an athlete I could use the sound of sneakers squeaking? Maybe the noise from people chatting at the bus stop?