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Re: [RC] *Some* Biltmore 100 miler bios are up - Linda MiramsOn Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:36:43 GMT, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote The above link will get you to the bios and entry list for this year's Biltmore 100... I find what you doing here intriguing. Most new writers/reporters unconsciously absorb and copy the prevailing style of writing and coverage for the beat they are learning to cover. The vapid nature of horse journalism, particularly horse show journalism, used to drive me bonkers until I figured out that the style and content of the "coverage" had its roots--not in newspaper "Sports" pages--but in newspaper "Society" pages!! That's why it was always so important to drop as many daughters' names as possible, to make sure all the popular trainers had the accomplishments of their barns dutifully (if tediously) listed, and to make sure that whatever scandals might lay under the surface were never, never mentioned. I was reading Estelle Parsons goes to the horse show, not Studs Terkel goes to the ball game. The only horse journalism that doesn't fall into this category is: horse racing coverage as practised by journals such as _The Blood Horse_, and--only occasionally and seemingly almost by accident-- _The Chronicle of the Horse_. My ideal would be: Peter Gammons does Endurance. Linda Mirams =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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