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Which gamer is best? Vote and explain.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Versatile, Jan 9, 2012.

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Which Giants-Falcons game story linked below is best?

  1. Ralph Vacchiano, Daily News

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%
  2. Mike Garafolo, The Star-Ledger

    7 vote(s)
    36.8%
  3. D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    2 vote(s)
    10.5%
  4. Mark Maske, The Washington Post

    3 vote(s)
    15.8%
  5. Tom Pedulla, USA Today

    1 vote(s)
    5.3%
  6. Barry Wilner, The Associated Press

    4 vote(s)
    21.1%
  1. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    You're the coach or you're an assistant coach. That's how we do it.
     
  2. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    That's how you kill the snake.
     
  3. CentralIllinoisan

    CentralIllinoisan Active Member

    The Post story was clean, told me who won the game and why and then advanced the story. It is very much how I would have written the gamer. Most of the stories above -- aside from the Post, USA TODAY and AP -- are written with one team's audience in mind, which is great for those audiences but weakens the gamer overall. So, to me, the best true gamers are from the Post, AP and USA TODAY, but the last two suffer too much by setting up the Packers game far too early in the story. GB and the Giants aren't playing the next day; it's a week later, giving your newspaper plenty of opportunity to preview it.

    That leaves the Post. Easy to read, doesn't get in his own way and still manages to squeeze in some analysis via the points of view of the participants. Well done.
     
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