Who staffed the Women's Final Four?

What newspapers, especially those who didn't have a team in it or are located outside of Texas, staffed the Women's Final Four?

The sports business website Front Office Sports reported, "The NCAA had to open three press areas, in addition to the courtside press row, to accommodate all the reporters." How many reporters would that have been? How did that compare to last year, five years ago and 10 years ago? What kind of outlets were they from, especially those who didn't staff the Women's Final Four in recent years or ever?

Here's the story the quote is from. Is the Increasingly Popular Women’s Final Four Being Held Back?

 

The Philadelphia Inquirer did, however the editor-turned-reporter who was on site lives in Texas.

 

I know for Virginia Tech, the Roanoke Times sent folks, as did the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington Post and Tech Sideline.

 

The Inky has a long tradition of covering women's hoops, dating back to the first poll by Mel Greenberg.

No one from any of the Bay area papers, no doubt because Stanford wasn't there.

 

Media outlets covering sporting events without a local tie is one of those charming anachronisms my future grandkids will never get, like 24-hour grocery stores or dial up internet.

 

Isn't the idea to make your section as good as possible, given the financial constraints, to give people reasons to keep subscribing or begin subscribing and staffing national and international events is part of that?

 

My grandkids will be lucky to arrive in a country with more than 3-4 daily newspapers. It might be even be down to a two-horse race with the NYT and WSJ at that point.

 

I remember that world. It, to quote Margaret Mitchell, is gone with the wind.

 

When do you project them to be born?

 

If it’s any time after 2030, this will likely be their reality.

And the “idea” for a local news site is to provide content that can’t be found anywhere else and that is focused locally. An essay from courtside at a women’s final four involving no local teams is NOT serving your readers in a cost-effective way when those essays are widely available elsewhere.

 

Son is 20 but just now starting to break the Mendoza line socially. And he says he doesn’t want kids even if he marries. So a total wild card there. I’m betting on his 11-year-old sister but that’s probably 15-20 years away.

 

LOL there won't be a country left when any of us become grandparents! #Nihilism #ButProbablyTrue