Team News Paper Articles

[Rohith Surampudi]

well as FIRST becomes bigger and more popular, teams are beginning to appear in newspapers and magazines, What has your team gotten publicity wise, and how accurate was it?

[BHS_STopping]

Well, we've had quite a few news stories, almost all of which had our president's name mispelled. It was really quite funny: he now answers to "Thomas Broden"

[Stuart]

weve been in the schools newspaper lots of times the real newspaper 2+ times. been on the news a few times;NBC twice, CBS I think once.

http://www.risd.org/schools/phs/club...eo/video1.html

thats a link to our NBC story.

[SugaRaXie]

Originally Posted by rvssnake

well as FIRST becomes bigger and more popular, teams are beginning to appear in newspapers and magazines, What has your team gotten publicity wise, and how accurate was it?

The only newspaper I ever remember being featured in was last year, after the Nats [published May 4th]. It seemed pretty accurate -- I have the article somewhere in my room [spent the last hour trying to find it, wasn't able to] but I can't find it to I'm just going to post a link to part of the article:

http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/insideto...k+on+the+world

It seemed pretty accurate -- it was our first ever major publication -- listed how we'd placed 5th of 85 in the Galileo Divison [top seeded Canadian team in the history of the championships to date, apr 23-25 2005] and how we'd only managed to make it to the GTR/Canadian Regional prior to.

Other publication we've received are twice a year through our school newspaper and every year in the yearbook.

[N7UJJ]

We make a big effort to publicize. As a result, over the last couple of years it has become easier to receive publicity. Here is this years list:

Date-Publication-Title-Page
24-Feb-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-High School Robotics Team Gears Up for Competition-
25-Feb-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-Engineering in Motion-B1,B11
15-Mar-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-Great day to be a Geek Editorial-B6
25-Mar-05-Wired (April Issue)-La Vida Robot-122-129, 130
28-Mar-05-Washington Post-Stinky the Robot, Four Kids And a Brief Whiff of Success-C01
1-Apr-05-The Press, Christchurch, N.Z.-Stinky's Triumph-C1
8-Apr-05-Arizona Republic - Extra-Young scientists' future threatened-6
12-Apr-05-Congressional Record-Congratulating the Falcon Robotics Team of Carl Hayden High School on its Achievements-E628
25-Apr-05-Arizona Republic-Ingenuity brightens future-A1, A22, A23
29-Apr-05-Teleritmo-Los Roboticos de Carl Hayden High School-14
4-May-05-Arizona Republic-Carl Hayden high team is honored at robot championship-B3
5-May-05-Arizona Republic - Phoenix-Robot team can't use the money-Phoenix 1
21-Jun-05-Arizona Republic-Carl Hayden beats MIT in war of robots; Locals take 3rd place in competition-B3
29-Jun-05-Prenso Hispana-Aportan su creatividad a la Robotica-pp1F
1-Jul-05-SACNES NEWS-Investing in the Future, Corporations and the Carl Hayden high School Robot Team-pp 8-10
1-Jul-05-Latino Perspectives-Livin' La Vida Robot; Local students engineer their own success-pp 24-25
19-Jul-05-Arizona Daily Star, Tucson paper-Bill opens gateway to dream-Tucson Section
20-Jul-05-Expansion-Mexicanos in Hollywood-99 160-162
1-Sep-05-Québec Science-Stinky contre le MIT-p 11
1-Oct-05-NEA Today-Robots Rule; How immigrant kids from low-income famalies beat MIT-p 64
Fall 2005-NUCOR Agenda-Wired for success-pp 32-33
Fall 2005-Education Phoenix-Carl Hayden Places Third in Underwater Robotics Championship-p 64
Fall 2005-Education Phoenix-La Escuela Carl Hayden Obtiene el Tercer Lugar en Campeonato do Robótica Submarina-p 14
5-Dec-05-Arizona Republic-Robot tourney builds science interest-p B2
14-Mar-06-Arizona Republic-Robotics teams again fare well-p B3
15-Mar-06-Arizona Republic-Robot victory just part of story for Hayden students-p B1-B2
1-May-06-Reader's Digest -La Vida Robot-
1-Sep-06-Iguana Magazine-National Hispanic Youth English language magazine Cover story-
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-Broadcast Media- -
27-Feb-05-KTAR Radio-News report-1 min
14-Mar-05-KPNX-TV-1 minute news feature-1 min
16-Apr-05-National Public Radio-Weekend Edition Saturday-6 min
21-Apr-05-National Public Radio-Here and Now -9.5 min
25-Apr-05-Ch3-Partnership Award-2 min
27-Apr-05-Ch3-5 o'clock news-2 min
27-Apr-05-KTAR Radio-David Leibowitz Show-5 min
28-Apr-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-10 min
28-Apr-05-Ch33 Univision-National News 1 minute-1 min
29-Apr-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-10 min
1-May-05-PHX99-"On the Issues" Simplot show-10 min, 27 repeats
5-May-05-KNOW, cable TV-ROV and Robot building-3 min
27-May-05-ABC News Nightline-"Stinky, the Little Robot that Could"-
17-Jun-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-1 hour
1-Jul-05-KNPNX-Morning Show-5 min
17-Jun-05-Ch15-Evening News-1 min
1-Jul-05-Ch 12-Morning Show-12 min
5-Jul-05-RADIO CITY (BBC-EL UNIVERSO)-Guayaquil-Ecuador-5 min


Send your Chairman's submission to the news outlets, school board, parents, etc. We have a very long way to go before FIRST-like activities receive the coverage that sports activities do.

[Beth Sweet]

Last year we were featured in the State News, the Grand Ledge paper, Focal Point and the local ABC station.

This year I have been asked (I'm a journalism major) to do a story for the Lansing State Journal which hopefully I will finish soon. I anticipate that being pretty accurate...

[JulieB]

Team 538 has appear in the local paper the Arab Tribune and the Huntsville Times.

And in 2003 were in the Houston Chronicle.

[MChapman]

Our team has been in multiple newspaper articles including being on the front page. We just got interviewed by a lady from the Hartford Current and have been noticed in our town journals for our scrimmage and accomplishments at our regionals.

[Rohith Surampudi]

well one of our articles was on the front page... its kind of sad they didn't have anything better to write about, they also said our robot was 29 feet by 30 feet by 5 feet... i guess it never occurred to them something that big would not fit in the warehouse.

[KathieK]

If your teams are covered in the media and the story's online, please post a link in the "FIRST in the News" forum: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=126

[petek]

Originally Posted by KathieK

If your teams are covered in the media and the story's online, please post a link in the "FIRST in the News" forum: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=126

Your wish is my command

[Lil' Lavery]

Team 116 has, over the years, been in tons of publications including:
PTA Newsletters
"The Stinger" (HHS newspaper)
The Herndon Observer
The Herndon Connection
The Herndon Times
The Fairfax Connection
The Washington Post
Red Apple 21 (Fairfax County Public Schools channel)
NBC4 (Regional)
NASA TV
A&E's "The Competition" (hour long national special along with Team 388)

We are currently working on appearing in at least having 4 more newspaper articles about our 2006 effort, and possibly a NASA TV special.

[aksimhal]

Originally Posted by N7UJJ

We make a big effort to publicize. As a result, over the last couple of years it has become easier to receive publicity. Here is this years list:

Date-Publication-Title-Page
24-Feb-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-High School Robotics Team Gears Up for Competition-
25-Feb-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-Engineering in Motion-B1,B11
15-Mar-05-Arizona Republic Newspaper-Great day to be a Geek Editorial-B6
25-Mar-05-Wired (April Issue)-La Vida Robot-122-129, 130
28-Mar-05-Washington Post-Stinky the Robot, Four Kids And a Brief Whiff of Success-C01
1-Apr-05-The Press, Christchurch, N.Z.-Stinky's Triumph-C1
8-Apr-05-Arizona Republic - Extra-Young scientists' future threatened-6
12-Apr-05-Congressional Record-Congratulating the Falcon Robotics Team of Carl Hayden High School on its Achievements-E628
25-Apr-05-Arizona Republic-Ingenuity brightens future-A1, A22, A23
29-Apr-05-Teleritmo-Los Roboticos de Carl Hayden High School-14
4-May-05-Arizona Republic-Carl Hayden high team is honored at robot championship-B3
5-May-05-Arizona Republic - Phoenix-Robot team can't use the money-Phoenix 1
21-Jun-05-Arizona Republic-Carl Hayden beats MIT in war of robots; Locals take 3rd place in competition-B3
29-Jun-05-Prenso Hispana-Aportan su creatividad a la Robotica-pp1F
1-Jul-05-SACNES NEWS-Investing in the Future, Corporations and the Carl Hayden high School Robot Team-pp 8-10
1-Jul-05-Latino Perspectives-Livin' La Vida Robot; Local students engineer their own success-pp 24-25
19-Jul-05-Arizona Daily Star, Tucson paper-Bill opens gateway to dream-Tucson Section
20-Jul-05-Expansion-Mexicanos in Hollywood-99 160-162
1-Sep-05-Québec Science-Stinky contre le MIT-p 11
1-Oct-05-NEA Today-Robots Rule; How immigrant kids from low-income famalies beat MIT-p 64
Fall 2005-NUCOR Agenda-Wired for success-pp 32-33
Fall 2005-Education Phoenix-Carl Hayden Places Third in Underwater Robotics Championship-p 64
Fall 2005-Education Phoenix-La Escuela Carl Hayden Obtiene el Tercer Lugar en Campeonato do Robótica Submarina-p 14
5-Dec-05-Arizona Republic-Robot tourney builds science interest-p B2
14-Mar-06-Arizona Republic-Robotics teams again fare well-p B3
15-Mar-06-Arizona Republic-Robot victory just part of story for Hayden students-p B1-B2
1-May-06-Reader's Digest -La Vida Robot-
1-Sep-06-Iguana Magazine-National Hispanic Youth English language magazine Cover story-
- - -
- - -
-Broadcast Media- -
27-Feb-05-KTAR Radio-News report-1 min
14-Mar-05-KPNX-TV-1 minute news feature-1 min
16-Apr-05-National Public Radio-Weekend Edition Saturday-6 min
21-Apr-05-National Public Radio-Here and Now -9.5 min
25-Apr-05-Ch3-Partnership Award-2 min
27-Apr-05-Ch3-5 o'clock news-2 min
27-Apr-05-KTAR Radio-David Leibowitz Show-5 min
28-Apr-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-10 min
28-Apr-05-Ch33 Univision-National News 1 minute-1 min
29-Apr-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-10 min
1-May-05-PHX99-"On the Issues" Simplot show-10 min, 27 repeats
5-May-05-KNOW, cable TV-ROV and Robot building-3 min
27-May-05-ABC News Nightline-"Stinky, the Little Robot that Could"-
17-Jun-05-BIZ Radio Houston TX-Dayna Steele Show-1 hour
1-Jul-05-KNPNX-Morning Show-5 min
17-Jun-05-Ch15-Evening News-1 min
1-Jul-05-Ch 12-Morning Show-12 min
5-Jul-05-RADIO CITY (BBC-EL UNIVERSO)-Guayaquil-Ecuador-5 min


Send your Chairman's submission to the news outlets, school board, parents, etc. We have a very long way to go before FIRST-like activities receive the coverage that sports activities do.

AMAZING!! How do you do it? We are a VERY small team and we want to publicize ourselves, for sponsorship, etc. reasons. If you have any tips, and tricks, I would really appreciate if you could let me know.

Thanks

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by aksimhal

AMAZING!! How do you do it? We are a VERY small team and we want to publicize ourselves, for sponsorship, etc. reasons. If you have any tips, and tricks, I would really appreciate if you could let me know.

Thanks

See the NEMO White Paper "FIRST Publicity Manual" for some great ideas put together by team mentors. Also, "Creating a Killer Team Packet" talks about how to produce a professional packet to give to potential sponsors.
(Search for "NEMO" in the CD-Media Papers section for more white papers that might be of interest).

[Daniel Morse]

Team 213 received coverage in our local newspaper, The Keene Sentinel, after we finished as finalists in Boston this year. It was a decent length and got the facts it stated right.