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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU Scholars CompassGreat VCU Bike Race Book Student Blog Posts Great VCU Bike Race Book2015Crowdsourcing the Worlds, Blog 1Rodrigo ArriazaVirginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bike_studentPart of the Higher Education CommonsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA4.0) License.This Blog Post is brought to you for free and open access by the Great VCU Bike Race Book at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted forinclusion in Great VCU Bike Race Book Student Blog Posts by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, pleasecontact libcompass@vcu.edu.Downloaded fromhttps://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bike_student/4111/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 1/10When I Örst registered for this course, I didn’t really have any idea what I was getting into, but I wasexcited to get to work with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in some capacity and to get to cover this bikerace that everyone was talking about. When I Örst talked to Jeff South prior to our Örst meeting at theRTD, he said that we would be doing something more along the lines of Q&As with tourists in town forUCI. Q&As with people on the street would’ve been still a little nervous about, but I had already workedon reporting skills like that, so it was something that I would’ve known the basic structure of.Something I had no idea how to do, however, is journalism through Twitter and live sports coverage. Ihad to write a tweet every 15 minutes for a twelve hour shift, two days in a row! I was a littleoverwhelmed, and to make matters worse, I forgot to pack a lunch the Örst day.I adapted quickly. Once I settled into the groove of the job, people like Paul Whelan and Phil Rigganwere super helpful, and to be honest, I got really swept up in the fervor of the race by the last coupledays. Running around the ofÖce trying to Önd the live results and the names of whoever was in thebreak-away (and even learning terms like break-away and peloton) was actually pretty fun, and seeingpeople retweet and reply to the posts I made on the Twitter was really rewarding. For a few days, I wasgoing to the Richmond Times-Dispatch and working full shifts like a real life reporter!It was deÖnitely an experience I won’t forget, and the social media skills that I picked up and theconnections I made with people at the Times-Dispatch are already proving super valuable.Thanks for the opportunity!-Rodrigo ArriazaRODRI’S REFLECTION POSTOCTOBER 8, 2015 | 2 COMMENTSRODRIGO’S STORIFY ASSIGNMENTOCTOBER 7, 2015 | 2 COMMENTSUCI 201511/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 2/10https://storify.com/rodbeego/how-i-spent-my-bike-race-week   __o  _`\<,_ (_)/ (_)(For my 10 tweets, I ran the @RTDSports twitter account for the second shift.)The front door of the Richmond Times-Dispatch ofÖce, rightbefore I started my Örst day.MY EXPERIENCE AS AN INTERN AT THE RTD INPICTURE FORMSEPTEMBER 28, 2015 | LEAVE A COMMENT11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 3/10Newsworthy news.The RTD newsroom.Everyone watching the big race.11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 4/10Watching the bike race.The newsroom on a Sunday morning.The morning paper at my desk.11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 5/10Updating the @RTDSports Twitteraccount.The RTD newsroom in the before everyone gets into the ofÖce.11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 6/10The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s report on theKennedy assassination. A man and his dog in front of Harris Hall.One of the bridges made by VCU in preparation for the UCIBike Race.ALL MY PHOTOS FOR #THEWORLDSATVCU#RICHMOND2015 #BIKES #HASHTAGSSEPTEMBER 17, 2015 | LEAVE A COMMENT11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 7/10VCU’s Student Commons, where students commune.Students at VCU’s Compass at the end of the day.The side of a building on Colorado Avenue in Richmond’sRandolph area. “Cash Rules Everything Around Me.”11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 8/10A view of Maymont Elementary School From ColoradoAvenue in Richmond’s Randolph area.A small house on Colorado and Lombardy.A big tree on Colorado and Lombardy.11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 9/10A photo from a trip to Pipeline.Pumpkin Queen Camille Brenke.Hi! My name is Rodrigo Arriaza. I’m studying Print/Online Journalism here at VCU, and I’m in my junioryear.  Outside of school, my interests include being straight edge, rolling my socks, eating empanadasand playing the Aladdin game for Super Nintendo.I signed up because I didn’t really know that much about the UCI bike race. I thought that by goingthrough this class and being in the middle of this news making event, I would be able to educate not onlymyself but all of the readers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch about the race and why it’s so important.POST #1AUGUST 29, 2015 | 1 COMMENT11/25/2016 UCI 2015 | Rodbee's bee­cycle race sitehttps://rampages.us/arriazar/ 10/10I started riding a bike to get around the city last semester, and I use it daily to get to and from my houseand campus. I don’t have any experience with bicycle racing.I mainly use Facebook, and through that I keep up with events happening around the campus and thecity, make new contacts for news stories, and keep up with friends.I’m excited to get started with this class and covering the UCI bike race in Richmond!

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