Level A Aice Media

  I'm currently on my last paragraph but I felt like something was missing so I decided to get my peers from journalism class to read over my article. They all said that I should include a quote from a student athlete. At first I wasn’t sure how to get the quote from the article until I remembered I could interview a student from my school. After asking around students in the school who is a well known athlete, I came across junior Gabriel Ortiz. He is currently playing for a club called Miami Lakes United which is ranked 19 in the country. Last season he made 70 goal contributions. In 2023, he was recognized as one of the best players from the Presidents Cup which is one of the biggest tournaments held in Florida. Hearing about this I thought he would be the perfect student to interview, so I decided to reach out and he was more than happy to do the interview. I did the interview in person since it was faster for me. The interview lasted 10 minutes but a lot of important things we...

  Hey guys so it's the next day and I just checked that everyone that I selected for the survey has responded. Here are the results: Based on my survey 68% believe positive comments help motivate them to do better at the sport. However 40% voted that social media has negatively impacted them as athletes. 50% tend to compare themselves to other athletes that they see online. 70% feel pressure to perform better because of what they see online. And finally 98% believe that it is important to educate athletes about social media's impact on mental health.  With this information I was able to strengthen my point and message my article on how much impact social media has had on athletes mental health. The results show how even though social media can be used positively, it can also be used negatively. Seeing the responses each person had made me realize how frequent this issue occurs. By including real data from my own survey, my research becomes more credible and meaningful, as it r...

  To continue on my research, I wanted to do my own survey asking current student athletes questions that are related to my topic. So I created a google form that they could answer. The questions I included were neutral, straight to the point and related to my topic. I had to make sure that the questions I was asking were not biased or persuasive because I wanted my information to be as reliable and accurate as possible.  The way I selected the students to participate in my survey is by asking students that I know that do sports. I did this by reaching out through messages, instagram, and even in person. This allowed me to connect with other athletes and explain the purpose of the survey. Although it took me a while to find the people I was able to do it. I only included 30 athletes on the form because I wanted to make the results and statistics accurate. I’m currently waiting on their results since I just sent everyone a couple of hours to respond to my survey. So I will give...

  Hey guys, today I interviewed Hialeah Miami Lakes coach Ochoa. We talked through a zoom meeting that lasted around 30 minutes. At first I was nervous but luckily I had some questions prepared so when I started the interview I was well prepared. In the interview we covered a lot in the topic, it is something that she has seen as a major issue in current athletes. I recorded the interview to highlight the most important parts of the interview into my article and documentary. “Athletes tend to find self evaluation through social media by checking the comments made about them. It tends to be a source of ego boost for them, but what happens when they realize people are criticizing them? Will they let people’s comments persuade them into performing better or worse?” said coach Ochoa. Having that interview helped not only me in my research but self reflect. People are always going to have something to say but they don’t understand what it is like to be an athlete. And we shouldn’t let t...