My media project for this semester will be to construct a Michigan sports website with Ben and Greg from our ENG 417 class. Using skills obtained during our independent DreamWeaver study, Ben and I will be the primary web-designers, while Greg will focus on writing content.
The website will not necessarily report on what happened during games, but rather will critique, prognosticate, and analyze team match-ups. We'll attempt to break from the conventions of traditional sports-writing, and focus on many strategic aspects of football, baseball, basketball, and hockey.
We will also try to integrate a variety of media platforms into this project, including: video, images, audio, Flash animation, and Javascript. This project will allow Ben, Greg, and I to not only apply basic web-design techniques, but also to practice our sports-writing, which is something that interests all three of us.
During its infancy, our website will focus on the Detroit Lions, Detroit Tigers, and various college football teams. As we get closer to the winter months, we will include season previews for the Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings.
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I'm excited to see this project move forward. I would caution you to do more brainstorming as to what will be on this site. Can the three of you meet or at least have an online discussion. Maybe some blog posts of possible story ideas for this site VS stories that do not belong. That way you will all get more on the same page as to the content moving forward.
I read these lines in your posting and they seem a bit contradictory to me:
The website will not necessarily report on what happened during games, but rather will critique, prognosticate, and analyze team match-ups. We'll attempt to break from the conventions of traditional sports-writing, and focus on many strategic aspects of football, baseball, basketball, and hockey.
What I mean is, the first line sounds rather similar to what traditional information outlets do - online and in print. The second line is what I think might work better: breaking out of those conventions.
Hey Mitch,
I got to thinking about this topic. I think that if we cover ALL Michigan teams, it's going to be a bit much. I think we should narrow down our scope a bit and cover either college teams or pro teams. Either that or we only cover specific sports. It seems that if we do both, it's going to be too much work for just three guys to handle.
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