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Trouble Beneath The Surface
ESPN.com (to be posted Friday morning)
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 8 a.m. ET, ESPN2)
No longer just a sport for fitness fanatics, triathlons have hit the ranks of weekend warriors looking for a challenge. But the increasing popularity of the sport has led to more deaths – 52 since 2007 – with 85% occurring during the swim portion of the races. In a special cross-platform investigation, Bonnie Ford reports for ESPN.com and T.J. Quinn for Outside the Lines.
“Something is obviously happening in that first swim leg. Something in that swim leg has gone amok, and it’s probably not one thing, it’s a combination.” — Jackie Wiggins, talking with ESPN.com’s Bonnie Ford about her husband who died in a May 2011 triathlon
“When things tend to go wrong in the swim it’s a tough animal because you’re in the middle of a major swim lane and it’s not like you can drive an ambulance up to the athlete.” — Bill Burke, triathlon race director, talking with Outside the Lines’ T.J. Quinn
Friday, Producer Greg Amante describes the behind-the-scenes making of Sunday’s OTL piece on ESPNFrontRow.com.
‘Peace Girl’ rises from hardship
ESPN.com
E:60 (ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff’s piece aired Tuesday)
Madeleine Albright, then U.S. Secretary of State, and Sierra Leon Foreign Minister Sama Banya, hug 3-year-old amputee Memuna Mansaray during a visit to a camp for war-wounded in Freetown.
Steve Marantz writes: “In many ways, on and off the field, Memuna Mansaray McShane is a teenage girl with normal abilities, concerns and interests. But at least one difference sets her apart. Below her right shoulder, where her arm should be, is a stump — a reminder of her native land, the West African nation of Sierra Leone, and of how as a toddler, she was a symbol for hope and peace on an international stage.”
ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff, continuing his collaboration with ESPN’s newsmagazine program E:60, provides a behind-the-scenes look at how he and producer Matt Rissmiller created their E:60 piece.
Invisible Victims
E:60 (Tuesday, 7 p.m., ESPN)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4W3hfBqTF0
According to experts, children with disabilities are three times more likely than children without them to be victims of sexual abuse. And when the disability is mental rather than physical – meaning the disability is not immediately visible – the cases are even harder to address or to adjudicate. Focusing on a teenage basketball player from South Carolina, Jeremy Schaap uncovers this silent epidemic in an E:60 investigation.
News Editor Claire Smith has been named recipient of the inaugural Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award presented by the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. The award is given to a sports journalist who has made significant contributions to racial and gender equality in sports.
ESPN’s Outside the Lines, Radio and Films received Edward R. Murrow Awards Monday from The Radio Television Digital News Association, which recognizes the highest-quality produced by radio, television and online news organizations.
OTL coordinating producer Valerie Gordon, reporter Chris Connelly, feature producer Sharon Matthews
Murrow judges selected winners from a record number of entries submitted from across the United States and the globe. ESPN winners:
Outside the Lines for its piece Marko Cheseto: Running for his Life in the Network Television / Feature Reporting category.
ESPN Films for Ghosts of Ole Miss receiving a RTDNA/UNITY Award recognizing outstanding coverage of diversity issues
ESPN Radio for Donnovan Hill in the Network Radio / Reporting: Sports category
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