Have your team's trailer stolen. Here is a sample of the coverage we received
In all seriousness, the coverage is from the content of the story plus a well written press release. You really need both to get the coverage. The secret with news coverage is this; reporting staff have been reduced or eliminated, so you have to deliver the story to the media with a well written news release and pictures that can be used by the media.
I've quoted the press release below as well...
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CBS:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/...h-parking-lot/
ABC
KNX 1070 Radio
Press-Enterprise (Riverside)
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...pIAsQ3yvz g7A
Valley News (Fallbrook):
http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/64873/
The Californian (San Diego):
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sw...true&cid=print
LA Times:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...riverside.html
The Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingne...shoots-baskets
Foregone Dinner:
http://foregone-dinner.blogspot.com/...olen-from.html
Chiefdelphi:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=107113
Judith Tavarez blog: Print - Hoops-Shooting Robot Stolen From Riverside Church Parking Lot - Judithtavarez6's blog
The Real First Life:
http://therealfirstlife.tumblr.com/p...len-last-night
Inland SoCal:
http://inlandsocal.com/content/river...trailer-stolen
FIRST I AM:
http://first-ers.tumblr.com/
Camping blog:
http://camping.roxy-publishing.com/b...ot-inside.html
Teach Hub:
http://www.teachhub.com/hoops-playin...rside-students
Sacramento Bee:
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/29/459...at-shoots.html
Simply Busy blog:
http://simplybusy.tumblr.com/
Pelican Parts blog:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...n-trailer.html
The Legend of St Jimmy blog:
http://thelegendofstjimmy.tumblr.com/
Computing Unplugged:
http://www.computingunplugged.com/ne.../00061703.html
Quote:
Good Afternoon,
We are hoping you will run a story to help us recover our stolen robots and trailer. Please see the press release below and contact our programming mentor Rick Sisk with any questions. I know the kids will be very happy if we can bring their robots home.
Contact:
Rick Sisk, Mentor
(951) 790-9216
Rsisk101@gmail.com
Riverside, CA - Over $12,000 in tools, robotics equipment and electronics were stolen last night from a community robotics team comprised of students from across the Inland Empire. They had everything stored in their team trailer that was stolen from a church parking lot. The team was using space in the church to hold summer robotics camps for kids 9 to 14. The team, RoboKong, is one of the few FRC teams within the Inland Empire not directly associated with a school and they had purchased the trailer as an innovative way to store and transport their robots and equipment. They regularly met at mentor's homes and the local Kiwani’s club house to work on their robots. They also used the trailer to assist other teams with robot transportation for tournaments.
In additional to the cost of the trailer, the kids had amassed the robotics equipment, robots, tools, electronics, and team banners that were stored in the trailer for over 5 years.
Rick Sisk, the Programming Mentor for this FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team, is devastated. "Everything the team has accumulated over the last five years was in the trailer. Their tools, their robots; it would mean a lot to these kids if we were able to have the trailer and the robots they worked so hard build returned to us."
RoboKong Team 2493 is a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team located in Riverside, CA. They allow any students in the area with an interest for technology, programming, and engineering to join the team. "The varsity Sport for the Mind," FRC combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources, and time limits, teams of 25 students or more are challenged to raise funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork skills, and build and program robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. It’s as close to "real-world engineering" as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team.
The team’s Business Mentor Liberty Naud is hoping for anyone with information to come forward. "With the limited resources we have access to I don't know how the kids will recover the cost of the stolen equipment and tools in time to compete. Tools are so expensive and as a community team it is much harder for us to do fundraising. We hope the someone will step up and notify the police if they have any information at all about the trailer, tools, and robots."
If you do have any information please contact Richard Sisk at rsisk101@gmail.com or call (951) 790-9216.
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