Trust me: Read this.
I'm not sure if I've ever really shared this with you guys, but I am a true sportswriting aficionado. I love great writing. Love it. I try to read at least two long-form features a week - all the flying I do helps with that - and I really care about the craft.
This four-piece feature by Matt Stevens and Maya Sugarman of the Daily Bruin at UCLA is one of the best works of journalism I've ever read. That it came from two college students in their early-20s just astonishes me. I accomplished quite a bit in my college journalism career, and this blows anything I EVER did out of the water, probably tenfold. I know them both, and they deserve this plug. Incredible work.
Supported by a scholarship from the Bridget O'Brien Scholarship Foundation, Matt and Maya traveled to Yaoundé, Cameroon, the hometown of Luc Mbah a Moute and Alfred Aboya, and found some amazing stories. The reporting was phenomenal, the pictures are breathtaking, and I am in awe.
Please read this, and please share your thoughts on this project.
can someone else please design their website? horrible contrasts for reading.
Hi Cliq,
You can access the articles in its regular format (Good ol' black text on white background) on the DailyBruin.com website: http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2010/10/out_of_bounds
The stories will be posted on the website throughout the week, but the entire multimedia presentation was made available on Monday.
Hope that helps!
Millie
Wow, what a tremendous body of work for any journalist, much less two college students. The multimedia presentations were great and the writing conveyed the personal tragedies and challenges that these young men experience. I hope this project gets the exposure it deserves; everyone needs to post links on whatever sports-related blogs you find and e-mail the link to other sports journalists.
great stuff
thanks Millie.
Well written indeed... very enlightening on how different it really is.
Jon,
thanks for sharing this.
It's amazing how, with no journalism program, the Daily Bruin puts out some excellent stuff.
congrants to Matt and Maya for an eye-opening piece. I hope a few Bruins will consider donating to this pretty neat foundation. again, no formal journalism program.