This is the weekend edition of TheMarioBlog and will be updated as needed.  The next blog post is Monday, May 14.

This week I am traveling in Spain and the press kiosks display show those sport daily favorites As and Marca. Both are icons of sports journalism and the die hard sports fans can’t get enough of the color, the big headlines, the details about games and the personal lives of sports heroes.

I confess that I am not an avid sports fan for any particular sport or team.  But the sports newspapers always lure me. I guess you could say that my sports is more the newspapers than the sports events.  I like the energy of the sports newspapers, the focus on their adoring audience, and how color and volume are used to stop the reader cold on his tracks.

Indeed, these newspapers in their printed editions shine in their own way and it is difficult to duplicate the tension and the excitement that the printed double pages can bring in digital editions.

Take a look at As and Marca.

I truly hope that these printed editions never cease to be. I feel that these are games that can go on forever.  Hope the fans feel the same way.

Sports dailies around the globe

Argentina: Olé

https://www.ole.com.ar/

Chile: El Deportivo

https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=9e36c9ef-9a42-4768-9c88-3b1e8892b386

Brazil: Lance

http://www.lance.com.br/

Italy: La Gazzetta dello Sport

https://www.gazzetta.it/

Germany: Fussball Bild

www.fussballbild.de

All the final Columbia student projects here:

Columbia final projects, Spring 2018

https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/my-columbia-stud…rojects-part-one/ 

https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/my-columbia-students-final-projects-part-2/

https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/my-columbia-students-final-projects-part-three/

https://www.garciamedia.com/blog/my-columbia-students-final-projects-part-four/

Mario’s Speaking Engagements

June 7-8—WAN-IFRA World Congress, Lisbon, Portugal

August 2, Digital House (Facebook workshop), Buenos Aires

October 6, 20, 27–King’s College, New York City

The Basics of Visual Journalism seminars