Name: Aaron Groff
Story: Fantasy sports sweeps the school and nation.
Section: Sports
Deadline: Next Tuesday
In general, this story is about:
How more and more people, kids and adults alike are participating in a form of fantasy sports. The most popular is football. I will give a brief, one paragraph summary on the start of fantasy sports. I will survey students on whether they play fantasy sports. I will talk about the evolution of fantasy sports. Also, I will cover the topic on whether or not fantasy sports are a type of serious gambling.
The facts of this story are: According to:
Who? Who at Beach High plays fantasy sports?
Who started fantasy sports?
What? What websites are the most popular for Fantasy sports?
What is the most popular fantasy sport?
Where? Where you can access fantasy sports?
When? When did fantasy football start?
Why? Why do people play fantasy sports?
Why fantasy sports is so popular?
Why certain people do not like fantasy sports.
How? How many TV channels now have certain shows or segments just for fantasy?
How fantasy sports has evolved due to the internet.
How fantasy sports is (and is not) a type of gambling?
Fantasy sports have even been popularized in recent movies, (Knocked Up)
Which of the above are the most important elements of the story?
The “how” is the most important as well as the “why”.
My lead for this story is:
Fantasy sports have been increasingly growing in popularity over the past decade in the world and at Beach High.
People I need to interview are:
1) Mr. Silva- Teacher
2) Nick Potolsky- Student
3) Mr. Cormier
4) I will try to reach a fantasy sports writer from ESPN.
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