Loyola students offers a slew of coverage for Arch Madness
Rambler Sports Locker co-executive producer Trisha McCauley and reporter Kelsey Frew cover Day 2 of the MVC Tournament at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Friday, March 3.
| March 8, 2017 |
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by RSL Staff
Loyola students offers a slew of coverage for Arch Madness
The Rambler Sports Locker and the Loyola Phoenix ushered in March with another trip to St. Louis to cover the 2017 Arch Madness Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. This year marked the fourth time the student media organizations have covered the four-day conference.
By covering the conference, students get valuable professional experience in reporting across multi-media on deadline in a fast-paced environment.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really a great experience for the students,鈥� said student media manager Ralph Braseth. 鈥淗ere in a professional atmosphere, they鈥檙e working with other professionals. Their expected to behave in a way that is very professional, so in that way I think it鈥檚 really good for them.鈥�
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This year 10 students converged upon the Scottrade Center to produce stories for print, video packages and social media. For some of the students it was their first time going to Arch Madness, but some have been several times.
鈥淟ast year we produced a lot of great videos, great content and I think we鈥檒l do it again this year,鈥� said senior Beatriz Cabanas, who returned for her second consecutive time.
In addition to writing game stories, and doing game wrap ups for the , the student journalists also shot and edited feature .
鈥淚t was really cool to speak to someone who has such a big impact on the game,鈥� said Kelsey Frew, who covered the tournament for RSL for the first time. 鈥淚 really enjoyed seeing his energy from his perspective and seeing him get the fans hyped up.鈥�
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The Rambler men鈥檚 basketball team came into the tournament as the No. 5 seed, but was defeated in the first round by No. 4 seed Southern Illinois University 55-50.