Chicks Covering The Vols
I would love to be able to cover football, but could I do it intelligently? Doubtful, I don’t know enough about the X’s and O’s to make me begin to sound credible. Even I find my self being a little annoyed by some of the female sideline reporters – some of their questions just really are not pertinent. Then there is the “she’s never played football” attitude. Injury updates are okay, kind of like a report from the nurse’s office.
My ramblings are just that, ramblings. They are a mixture of what I “feel” is going on with a heavy dose of what I hear other people saying. This year has been interesting because everything has been so predicable that even I can tell you what the next play will be.
Now, I would love to have a sideline press pass to attempt to get some good up close and personal type pictures. That, and running through the T, are life long dreams. In the mean time, my hats off to Beth Rucker and Erin Chapin as they continue Invading the Inner Sanctum. Maybe some day they might let me tag along with my camera.
On a side note, I wonder if I can find an RSS feed for Erin’s Vols coverage?
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October 13th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Hey! Thanks for the link love!
One of my jobs for knoxnews.com and govolsxtra.com is to shoot video of UT sports. You can find it here: http://www.govolsxtra.com/videos/.
Most of it around this time of year is shot at press conferences. I don’t have the Magic Press Card that allows some onto the sidelines (boy, I wish I did).
Of the four online producers for knoxnews, I’m the only one who’s local and therefore, have a greater interest in Vol sports. That’s how I lucked into this beat.
I’m the envy of all my male friends and have even had my husband along to “assist” me during one of my assignments.
You can find more of my work on my staff page at knoxnews.com: http://www.knoxnews.com/staff/erin-chapin/.
Thanks for your interest in my work. I’ll forward your post on to Beth!
Erin
October 13th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Thanks for your comments back! Maybe we can get you & Beth down here into the belly of the Crimson Beast to cover the BBOC/UTAA Beat Bama Pep Rally 2009.