http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/ A conversation. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/#comment-15122 Angie Charles Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:56:17 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4714#comment-15122 Interesting post! Coverage of local high school sports has definitely become a victim of the downsizing and closure of daily newspapers. But the demand is still there. Parents, players, coaches and fans still want to know what's going on with their high school teams. Our company launched in Aug. 2009 to address this need by creating a CMS for local online high school sports websites that would be operated by individuals interested in launching their own sports sites. The platform provides news, game schedule, results and stats capability for 9 different sports -- football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming/diving, baseball, softball and track & field. We started a pilot site in August covering 35 high schools in two counties in Ohio -- <a href="http://www.sportsink.com" rel="nofollow">SportsInk.com</a>. Interesting post! Coverage of local high school sports has definitely become a victim of the downsizing and closure of daily newspapers. But the demand is still there. Parents, players, coaches and fans still want to know what’s going on with their high school teams. Our company launched in Aug. 2009 to address this need by creating a CMS for local online high school sports websites that would be operated by individuals interested in launching their own sports sites. The platform provides news, game schedule, results and stats capability for 9 different sports — football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming/diving, baseball, softball and track & field. We started a pilot site in August covering 35 high schools in two counties in Ohio — SportsInk.com.

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/#comment-15121 links for 2010-04-12 « Onlinejournalismtest's Blog Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:05:45 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4714#comment-15121 [...] GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism | Online Journalism Blog GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism http://bit.ly/9EYHAp (tags: via:packrati.us) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)links for 2010-04-09Underfed, overworked Anatevka journalistUS Looking at Journalism Strategy [...] [...] GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism | Online Journalism Blog GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism http://bit.ly/9EYHAp (tags: via:packrati.us) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)links for 2010-04-09Underfed, overworked Anatevka journalistUS Looking at Journalism Strategy [...]

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/#comment-15120 GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism – Online Journalism Blog | Einar Thorsen Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:18:19 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4714#comment-15120 [...] GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism – Online Journalism Blog Posted by Einar Thorsen on April 12, 2010 GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism – Online Journalism Blog [...] [...] GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism – Online Journalism Blog Posted by Einar Thorsen on April 12, 2010 GameChanger: providing tools for citizen sports journalism – Online Journalism Blog [...]

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/#comment-15119 Paul Bradshaw Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:15:09 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4714#comment-15119 RT @leguape: @paulbradshaw This isn't "new". Cricket's had similar tools for years, eg pitchpad or TCS RT @leguape: @paulbradshaw This isn’t “new”. Cricket’s had similar tools for years, eg pitchpad or TCS

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/04/12/gamechanger-providing-a-tool-for-citizen-sports-journalism/#comment-15118 A new tool for future Peoria-area sports pundits out there | The Blog Peoria Project Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:42:10 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4714#comment-15118 [...] not a huge fan of the iPhone, but I am a fan of more and better tools for citizen journalists. Via Online Journalism Blog: “An entire category of content called real-time sports doesn’t exist for what is the enormous [...] [...] not a huge fan of the iPhone, but I am a fan of more and better tools for citizen journalists. Via Online Journalism Blog: “An entire category of content called real-time sports doesn’t exist for what is the enormous [...]

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