With just a few days to go before the Championship Event, I think now would be an appropriate time to spread the word of FIRST.
Most news websites have a tips form or email address. I think a worthy challenge is to try and get FIRST in the "Top Stories" section of Google News, which uses a computer algorithm to determine which stories are displayed on its page.
What you can do
Specifically, you can contact each news site below with a blurb about the FIRST Championship event. I'd encourage you to write your own blurb about what FIRST means to you, as long as you include these details:
What: International Robotics Competition with teams from around the world competing in the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST LEGO League.
When: April 24-27, 2013
Where: Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
Link:
http://championship.usfirst.org/
In addition
Contact local newspapers, news channels, etc. This is a human interest story, so if you have a local team competing at the Championship event, spin your tip around that.
Also, if you think you've written a particularly good blurb, post it in this thread. It can give the rest of us ideas. You can also post links to tips pages on news sites that I've missed.
Lastly, if you find articles about FIRST from this effort, post them here as well!
News Tips Pages
CNN -
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/show/?s=storyidea
FOX News -
http://help.foxnews.com/entries/5007...-or-news-tips-
NBC News -
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18616878/n.../#.UXMG7Jw3kbw
ABC News -
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/mailform?id=10691207
Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/contact/pop/