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__My Name__ = Matthew J. Dugan

__Subject & sub-topics__ = Sports ESPN Journalism Influence Society Analytics

__Thesis Question__ = How has sports journalism has made a significant contribution to American society? How do sports impact our daily decisions?
 * How has the evaluation of sports analytics affected sports journalism?**

__Thesis Framework__ = Premise 1: The collected wisdom of sports insiders (including players, managers, coaches, scouts, and the front office) over the past century is subjective and often flawed

Premise 2: The increasing study allows statisticians to get exact data on the playing field, making visual evaluation unneeded.

Premise 3: Advanced statistics allow journalists to evaluating players better because statistics used in the past are often flawed and only used for their simplicity.

Conclusion: The growing trend in the coverage of sports analytics in journalism is the better and more efficient solution in evaluating in the world of sports.

__Thesis Sentence(s)__ = The study of sports analytics is better for the evaluation of ability in sports than the more original, visual and simple statistical evaluation.

__Presentation Date__ = Thursday, May 27, 2010; 1:30-1:50 PM Second Presenter; D block, Day 2

__Project__ = My interest of/in sports journalism compels me to do an //Internship// project because I have interest in studying the field of journalism in the future. During the time of my internship project, I want to recognize the continual growth in the industry of sports journalism and how the introduction of sports analytics has affected the field. I am planning on communicating with ESPN, various local newspapers (Inquirer, Daily News, etc), various local television afflicates (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX) in order to organize/coordinate my internship.

__Collaborative Team__ = John Gonzalez: **gonzalez@phillynews.com** Bob Ford: **bford@phillynews.com** Bill Conlin: **bford@phillynews.com** Rich Hofmann: **hofmanr@phillynews.com** Todd Zolecki: todd.zolecki@mlb.com.
 * Philadelphia Inquirer:**
 * Philadelphia Daily News:**
 * Philadelphia Phillies Writer:**

__Presentation__= Date: Thursday, May, 27, 2010 Time: 1:30/PM Location: Large Conference Room / Little Theater

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