Production Memo

This project was tough yet exciting to do at the same time. I would say my biggest challenge was editing the video on Microsoft Movie Maker. I was able to figure it out, but it took me a long time to get the video just the way I wanted. Another tough obstacle was working with our sources for the project and working out a time that met both our schedules so we could meet and talk. I learned a lot though about how to interview people, maintain a blog and various other websites such as Blip.TV and the Google Docs website and a Wiki Page, and of course I learned how to use movie maker.

As far as Bill Blundell's Six Reporting Elements, here they are.

1) History- The history of lacrosse is extremely vast dating back to the Native Americans and later from the evolution of the Native American game into modern lacrosse in 1636 when Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary, documented a Huron contest in what is now southeast Ontario, Canada.

2) Scope- Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing team sports in the United States. Youth participation in the sport has grown over 500% since 1999 to nearly 250,000. No sport has grown faster at the high school level over the last 10 years and there are now an estimated 200,000 high school players. High school participation saw the largest percentage of increase during the past year, with over 200,000 players in 2007.

3) Central reasons- This extreme growth is happening because anyone can play the game and lacrosse is fast-paced and full of action. It combines many other sports such as hockey, basketball, and soccer.

4) Impacts- No one is hurt by the growth of lacrosse. In fact, the people who are most helped is our youth. Everyone now has another sport besides just baseball to play in the spring.

5) Gathering and Action of contrary forces- This doesn’t really apply to my project and the sport of lacrosse as there is no real social conflict involved here.

6) The Future- The Future is that the sport of lacrosse will continue to grow and eventually the main hotbeds of Long Island and Baltimore will no longer be the main areas for colleges to look for players. With the game expanding at such a rapid rate, areas such as Texas, Colorado, California, and Ohio among other states are growing at such a rate that they may soon be the go-to places for top-level recruits/players.

Advice that I would give to any future students in Online journalism is to stay on top of your project and get as much done as early as possible. It will make your life a whole lot easier come deadline time.