MEDIA COMMITTEE REPORT FOR 2009 TO USATF MASTERS MEETING, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, DECEMBER 2009

Respectfully submitted, Bob Weiner, Chair

The Media Committee has developed an effective process, with enormous help by Ken Stone, Pete Taylor, the other media committee members, the Games Committee, the LOC’s and USATF’s national office (thanks especially Jill Geer and Tom Surber and enthusiastic support from USATF President Stephanie Hightower)), and wonderful support form MTF Chair Gary Snyder, to build a press release for the indoor and outdoor national championships featuring current outdoor and indoor world champions, Olympians, other stars, people with interesting life stories, and local athletes. In addition, we have a system and form for athletes who participate in the national meets to call their home town press and build coverage there as well, with our support. Thanks to all who helped develop the basis of the terrific coverage for another year, coverage which hopefully inspires many others to join masters track and field as athletes and organizers. The media committee works hard to get the word out on the mission of the MTF program for lifetime fitness and health through regular exercise, training, and competition, with the incentive of MTF age-groups at sanctioned track and field meets.

(Note daily TV with at each championship with onsite live or taped camera shots, live radio, and daily newspaper coverage)

2009 OUTDOOR AND INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
COVERAGE SELECTIONS – click on each link below for detail

OUTDOORS -- OSHKOSH, WI

 July 9-12, 2009 -- USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships -- selected coverage
• July 6, 2009 -- "Five Olympians, 45 Current World Champions among 1000+ at USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thurs.-Sun. July 9-12" -- press release by Masters Media Committee
• Athletes by State and City

INDOORS—LANDOVER, MD (Washington, DC)

 March 20-22, 2009 -- USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships -- selected coverage
• March 20, 2009 -- "Olympic Great Joan Benoit Breaks American W50-plus 3000 Meter Record at USA Masters Indoor Track Championships at PGSLC; 1st Olympic Women's Marathon Champion" -- in PR Newswire
• March 2009 -- "Older runners race to national event here" -- in The Beacon Newspapers
• March 17, 2009 -- "USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championship now with All-Time Greats" -- press release by Masters Media Committee

VIDEOS OF INDOOR NATIONAL MEET:

COMCAST TV REPEATEDLY RUN SHOW:
• Comcast video

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TV COVERAGE:

 Summary of all three days

 Day 1 long

 Day 2 long

 Day 3 long

ATHLETE-GENERATED PHOTOS:

 Photos: Joan Benoit Samuelson 1 and Kathy Martin

 Benoit 2 and Kathy Martin

 Benoit 3 & Jay Wind

 11 Kathy Martin, Henry Rono, Phil Raschker

 12 Rono, Raschker, Benoit, Bob Weiner, Pat Berg, Harry Brooks, Eric Braschwitz

 13 Same

 01 Craig Chasse

 06 Rono and Bob Briggs

 07 Briggs and Rono

 08 Same

 09 Nolan Shaheed playing National Anthem and Chuck Williams

 010 Same

 012 Gary Snyder, Nolan Shaheed, Doug Logan

 013 Craig Chasse, Doug Logan, Gary Snyder

 017 Start of Mile

 018 Start of Smile

 019 Channel 8’s Glen Harris, Raschker, Shaheed, Rono

 020 Same

 021 Same

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