Thursday, June 25, 2009

Slow news day or outstanding coverage?

So I opened up the newspaper this morning and saw this gem of an article. keep in mind that this newspaper tries to give comprehensive coverage of the province of El Oro.

A 52 year old farmer, who in his free time plays football, seriously injured his health after a surprising fall with the ball.

The accident happened at four o’clock yesterday,when he was doing some extraordinary dribbling in the box, and when he was at the point of making a goal, he fell to the ground.

Until they realized that the injury was serious, the fans were mocking him, but when they saw him fall to the ground and the seriousness of the injury, they stopped.

He tried to avoid the fall and protect his face with his right arm, but that didn´t work. He had to be carried off the field in an ambulence to the local hospital and was transferred to another hospital at 7:00.


Judging by the details of this story, I would definitely describe their coverage as ¨comprehensive.¨ There was also a picture of the injured man, with his bandaged leg in the hospital.

At the Daily, with a campus of 36,000 students, we didn´t cover every CCRB injury.

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