Naw, this radio guy isn't lazy... (updated with admission)

Photos from a press box? Seriously?

 

I've done it before during early season games when the sun is out still. I actually got a few good shots of plays I may not have gotten if I was close...but it's not recommended for a whole game.

 

That radio guy is something else...I'd call him out on his laziness and not let it bother me.

 

Radio guy laziness aside, I read the OP and my only thought was: If this guy wants this kind of thing and he's serving others that want this kind of thing, doesn't it behoove you to provide it even if it isn't part of your core job function?

Nothing is more annoying than following a primetime NFL game where 20 beat writers are all providing play-by-play and constant updates. On the flip side, if a H.S. football game is going on that I can't find anything about, that's equally annoying. Kudos to the guys who do cover the games and understand the live/digital side of things.

 

Why should you do the grunt work for someone else? Being charitable is one thing, but the radio station is in the business to make money. Why help someone else make money when you don't see any benefit?

 

Wouldn't you? You think this radio guy is the only one who cares what the scores are and he's just speaking into thin air? (NB: I did small town radio and it's entirely possible he is just speaking to thin air.) Still, covering a game doesn't have to just be a X-word recap in the next morning's edition. All I'm trying to say is that there might be ancillary benefits.

Don't live-tweet scores/coverage to help the radio guy. Live-tweet scores/coverage because your readers might appreciate it and it might set you apart from everyone else who's only doing the bare minimum.

 

I've tried it before for parts of games, too, and was surprised to get a few decent shots, but definitely not a good idea for the whole game.

 

I did it myself once. But it was a scrimmage and I was at the window that can open for the coaches' cameras. I was just checking to see if I could get a different kind of shot. After about four plays, I went back to the sideline.

The competitor shoots from a regular seat in the box and through the glass with a camera with no zoom lens.

 

The radio guy should figure out his own way to network and have the scores come in...not whine to the newspaper guy for not supplying him the info. I'm sure the newspaper guy has enough on his plate without worrying about radio guy's priorities.

 

Am waiting for him to tell me we failed him on a given week... then to email back that I will be happy to apologize to his boss for not living up to his standards and we'll try harder in the future to get enough scores to him in time for him to steal...
Until then, I ain't frettin nothin