The purpose of this blog is for me to gain experience blogging while learning how to cover a specific beat, which in this case is the University of Northern Colorado women's basketball team.
I'm a newspaper sports reporter, but I lack a lot of experience in blogging. I've covered City Council meetings in Greeley in a blog before, so covering a sports team should go a little better for me.
The women's basketball team is a beat that interests me a lot because basketball is my favorite sport, and the women's team, for several reasons, most of which I don't agree with, doesn't get as much attention as the men's team. The women's team is essentially the underdog at its own university, and that's what makes it so interesting to me.
I've covered the women's team off and on for the better part of three years at The Mirror, so I feel I know the team and coach pretty well. I know a lot about sports already, and that can only help me.
One thing I feel I need to get better at, regardless of what sport it is, is that I always get nervous prior to interviews. I've interviewed hundreds of people, several of them multiple times, but interviews always get me nervous. Admittedly, it's a little silly, but I improve each time. And that's the main goal.
I'll look to improve each time I post on this blog as well. I have to learn to get better at this, and sooner is better than later.
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