Hurray! A reporter that understands FIRST!

[skimoose]

its really pethetic that they give us no attention at all.. How can we keep our sponsor's attention if nobody else cares?

That's part of my point. We lost a major sponsor last year and have been struggling to make up for the loss this entire year.

If we as a group start supporting each other, we can make big improvements in media coverage. If you write to my local paper when they do (or don't) cover an event, and I do the same for you, papers will start to realize that there are a lot of people interested in what going on in FIRST.

If 5% of CD members wrote to papers or TV stations on a regular basis, I'd bet they'd pay more attention to FIRST. Remember media executives don't really care what makes it into print, or onto the TV, they just care that papers are selling and viewers are watching.

Wouldn't you like to see Championships back on ESPN like back in the day?

P.S. Thanks Stu for helping start a media push! If you make the papers let me know, I'll back up my words by writing to your press.

[chrisinmd]

Many thanks to skimoose for sharing this article with everyone. Great article!
Our team has been in the local paper a few times over the years, but there is still limited recognition of FIRST, and we are the only team in the county (Howard), so that doesn't help either. I always keep a few pictures on my camera of what we do in the shop, or of a regional, to show people who ask about robotics.

Keep getting the word out!!

-Chris