The Varsity Challenge
March 19th, 2008, 1:19 am · Post a Comment · posted by itsonlyagame
We’ve been running a photo contest for the past several weeks on our Web site. I’ve been happy and disappointed with the response. Five people have submitted photos (which is the disappointing part), representing three schools (which is the really disappointing part), and no videos have been submitted (which is the really, really disappointing part).
But the people who have submitted have been true tigers. One has submitted 262 pictures. That’s a lot. A total of 691 photos have been submitted to the Web site. That’s the great part — these folks are dedicated.
We offered two $200 prizes. The athletic department of the school with the most reader submitted photos and videos posted at myjournalcouriervarsity.com through March 31 will receive $200 from the Journal-Courier. And the person who submits what we think is the best photo or video during that time period will win a cash prize of $200.
West Central is winning the competition for the most photos — by more than 300 photos. Lots of school spirit there.
But you know, if 10 people from your school had submitted 50 photos each over the past three months, your school would be in the lead right now.
We started the contest for one reason only, and it wasn’t because we wanted to give away $400. It’s a lot bigger than that.
We want to get people used to posting photos and videos on our Web site so we can create an online community. We want myjournalcouriervarsity.com to be a place where you can come and share information, not just read information. We want you to become an active member of our community, not just a passive one. That’s our job as a newspaper. Someone once defined a newspaper as a community talking to itself. That’s why we created this Web site.
It’s going to take time, I know. But with your help, we’re hoping to get there.
And you still have a few days to turn in some photos. You might just win.
