victory & ruins

Recently, our paper ran a 4 part series titled Victory & Ruins. It was mostly about the 2001 UW Football team. They had a great season and ended up winning the Rose Bow that yearl. But at what cost? We highlighted the downfalls and cover-ups the team, the university and the community did in order for the team to have that success. It is pretty insightful reading.



A lot of people questioned why we did this story 7 years later. Since some of the information had been reported previously. However, a q&a with our executive editor I think answers most of those questions.

We have a strong focus on investigative reporting here at the paper. And that's great. I think we highlight important issues that our community is concerned about. Personally, I would have liked the stories to be a bit shorter and more focused on the exact point---which to me is more about at what cost do people care about winning sporting events. And I think that is an important question to ask in today's society.