Weekly Blog 9/29

This article is about the Louisville University Men's Basketball coaching staff and their FBI investigation that may affect changes in the staff of head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich.

What the reporter did well was explain how many allegations from Pitino and Louisville led up to potentially firing him with being very descriptive and typing more than 3-5 paragraphs. The body was descriptive into telling who was involved like Adidas who intentionally gave money to recruits in order to sign the shoe deal and school that sponsors the brand.

The reporter didn't do well was it took me a while to figure out who was speaking in the video, it didn't give the same information as it was in the article. It also kept consistently going back and forth between Pitino and the assistant coaches from other schools and it got off topic to what the headline said.

How I would use this in my own work is being able to dig deep, and find something in the past that is a pattern that I can mention. Also being very detailed in what s going on will help a reader understand on more to what is going on.









http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20834710/louisville-head-coach-rick-pitino-athletic-director-tom-jurich-put-leave

Weekly Blog 9/15

Last night the Kansas City Royals took on the hottest team in baseball, the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. The Royals were looking to end the Indians streak of 21 consecutive games.

In this article the reporter did well of including quotes from players to implement the frustration of the season that the Royals are having. They also did well at including specific events in the correct order of what they happened leading up to the walk-off.

What the reporter could have done better was add more of a positive attitude towards the situation with Herrera and that he's just been struggling. Also, maybe if they included quotes from Jake Junis the starter from last night that could have added a different perspective.

How I'm going to add this into my packages is being able to be more specific on a play that happens and give the who, what, where, when of each play.


http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article173446581.html

Weekly Blog 9/8

Chiefs vs Patriots

September 8th 2017

On Thursday the Kansas City Chiefs took on the New England Patriots to open up the NFL Season. This article describes how the Chiefs' defensive plays on 4th down prevailed their win. What the reporter did well was sequence the order of plays that happened including who was involved, where on the field the play happened and the result. They also had quotes from players and coaches that flowed between the topics covered.

However the reporter did not do well at getting the head coaches on their thoughts of the game. They could have used a quote from them.

One thing that I will use in my articles is be descriptive on who, what, where, why, how is involved and happening and getting quotes and soundbytes from interviews.





http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article172476791.html