FWIW, reporters do work many more hours than just the 40.
I can certainly understand the desire to have local auto results
mentioned, but don't think it is because the reporter is just
sitting around eating Bon-Bons all day. Just to make their
days a little more interesting they have to do what the News
Director or Executive Producer says. So if the ND/EP says kill the
auto stuff we're running heavy (long), the story is shortened or
not aired. Like most of us, just doing what the boss wants.
Just to put a report's job a little in perspective, about a month
ago in the mid west a reporter had just wrapped up a live shot
and was help her photog put the stuff back in their
van. A car got too close to them, and hit and killed her. She was
in her twenties. Dues paid.
I'm not trying to flame (well sort of), but realize there are other
parameters involved with a news broadcast.
Rant mode off.
Matt Murray
mailto:mattm@optonline.net
mailto:mdmurray@gwns.com
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Date: Thursday, May 13, 1999 1:59 AM
Subject: Fwd: A Sports Story Worth Reporting
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>I thought you guys might like this, it was sent to Channel 4 by Ken
and
>Chelsea Snyder.
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>Paul
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>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:44:26 EDT
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>Something I sent in, I'll let you know if I get a response. In the
meantime,
>let's get some people mobilized and flood them with e-mail, letting
them know
>we're out there and deserve at least as much coverage as rugby
>gets...................
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>Take Care,
>Ken
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>Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:40:18 EDT
>Subject: A Sports Story Worth Reporting
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>Since you've obviously exhausted your list of stick-and-ball stories
(down to
>amateur women's rugby) here's a hot tip: THERE IS LOCAL AUTO RACING,
AND A
>LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN ARE EITHER PARTICIPATING OR WATCHING IT IN
PERSON.
> I know there's not any overpaid and underperforming primadonnas like
the
>NBA, NFL or MLB but there's plenty of action, and not just a "few
good
>crashes" as one asinine reporter was heard to say when asked about
some
>coverage a few years ago.
>
>I see that you can give kids cameras and send them out to every silly
little
>game they play, even send out a helicopter for crying out loud, but
report on
>local auto racing -- only when something goes terribly wrong and
someone gets
>hurt, or worse. There's no excuse for this disregard of local auto
racing,
>we actually have to work a 40 hour week (something certainly foreign
to your
>reporters) then come home and spend evenings working on our machines
so we
>can be ready for racing. Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays are
spent
>testing our abilities as well as our machines, sometimes for a
capacity crowd
>at a local track, sometimes just for the group that we participate
with. We
>either get a little paycheck that doesn't even cover our expenses or
none at
>all. And we return again and again, not because we'll get rich (we
never do)
>but because we love to compete, plain and simple.
>
>So here's your chance. I know for a fact that any local track would
welcome
>some reporting on a weekly basis. Not every minute of every day,
just some
>mentioning of the results and perhaps a spotlight on a local
competitor from
>time to time. You do that for some kid that's only going to go to
some
>school on a scholarship to learn basketweaving or some other lame
"degree",
>then leave before they get their "education" to sign a multimillion
dollar
>contract and become a "role model" -- substance abusing, lawbreaking,
>disrespectful -- something I really want my son to look up to, right?
>Anyway, there's even a group of local racers that'll be putting on an
event
>in a place you already know well, the Sports Complex, overflow lot,
all day
>Sunday. The Crown Autocross Club will be holding a charity event,
with all
>proceeds going to the Dream Factory. Costs nothing to come out and
watch, so
>quit making excuses and give racing some coverage.
>
>Sure as hell beats another boring golf story.............
>
>Ken Snyder
>Chelsea Snyder Racing
>Mazda RX-7 CSPL #3 and CSP #7
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