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The Changing Face Of (rock climbing) Sports Reporting

By Alex Mahone

 In the old days, getting the latest slice of news about your favourite sports team would typically involve waiting a day before the newspaper reaches your doorstep. Those without the ability of getting their hands on such major papers would instead have to rely on television news programmes. This would be of little hassle to people who live in the same country that the sport event originates from, such as Americans following their NFL franchise. However, for fans living in other countries outside of America, it might mean having to wait days, weeks or even months for such news to be made to them on the airwaves.

The reasons for this are manyfold. One of them was obviously the difficulty of reporters providing quick and instant reporting back to the head offices where the news would be centrally disseminated. There were also printing deadlines that has to be waited on each day before everything could be made available to the public. If the sports event was based overseas, local reporters would also have to battle long distances, time zones and other factors such as weather conditions before the latest scoops or results were readily available. All of this combined together to make it both a challenging but equally rewarding endeavour for sports journalists.

When the Internet took the world by storm over a decade ago, the face of sports reporting slowly rode on the revolutionary wave of information provision enabled by advanced technology. News broadcasters and reporters could now rely on the rapid transmission of data and information via digital means over the Web from one location to another, regardless of the distance. As long as the Internet was available, it made the delivery of sports news much easier, faster and more accurate to fans all over the world. However, the beginning of the information age was still restricted to text based sports news reporting before other media forms were capable of being sent using such means. That did not deter fans from glueing themselves to websites or message boards that had independent or amateur sports reporters doing their bit to share what they knew about their teams with others.

Once video and new media hit the online world, the possibilities of sports reporting became virtually endless. On the surface, videos helped to liven up bare text and photo articles on many web sites. The more discerning journalists were able to make greater use of the limitless features that were provided with such a media form. They could now broadcast interviews with sports stars, fans and even people on the street. Advertising was also leveraged on since videos were more engaging and could reach a wider audience. Teams and sports governing bodies also jumped at the chance to use technology that allowed live broadcasts of both news and the actual events or games. That would prompt even more sports fans joining the Internet revolution as greater options were made available. Terrestrial and traditional sports reporting have even been pushed to the backseat with such developments.

As technology becomes more advanced with time, there will be more fantastic avenues that could help push reporting of sports through current boundaries. It has not only allowed mainstream news media to widen their scope but many more aspiring journalists have been able to pursue their passion of chronicling their favourite sports through their own means. This can only benefit sports as a whole on a positive social level.

Alex Mahone is an aspiring sports journalist with a passion for various disciplines. Find out his reviews on the best sports directory on the Internet, as well as the interesting soccer news sites based on Alex’s personal measures.

Are You Watching The Winter Games?

By Jonah Jameson

 Have you were thought about all of the fun you can have with winter games? Depending on where you live and how much snow you received will make the difference. With a good amount of this white stuff you can find many ways to play in it. You could buy a good size sled and go sledding down the hills in your neighborhood. Then there are the good old fashion snow ball fights or just the building of a snowman. If you have a pond where the water has turned to ice you can try your luck at ice skating. Then there is the fun of building yourself a fort.

In the snow of olden days you might have had instead of the small sled an old car hood, of course using one of these was considered crazy and it was dangerous. They were also really to heavy to be able to pull around so one or two trips were enough and then again they were hard to stop. Then of course came the circular sled that you could have pulled behind a slow moving car, a big dog or to have just your rump going down that huge hill. It is also important to remember that with all of this fun you need to have the proper clothing.

Nothing can ruin your fun faster than not having the proper clothing on when going out to play in the snow. You will need a good warm coat zipped up with a hood. You might even want a stocking hat on your head as well. You will need good thick gloves that will keep your fingers from becoming cold. Then of course your should have a boots to keep your feet warm. After you have had enough you will want to go inside and probably get warm or if you got too warm to even out your heat. Never start taking these clothes off when you are still outside in the snow as you could cause yourself to become sick later.

Playing in the snow is usually pretty fun but also use common sense so that you do not become overly cold and do not stay out in it if you become wet or cold. This year you have probably had more snow then in years past and if this is true have your fun but be careful as well. When you have small children that are seeing it or playing in it for the first time it is very important that you stay with them at all times. It will be up to you to know when they have had enough. Kids are more interested in having fun.

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