What they are saying….
09. Sep, 2006 
4 Comments
“Josh Rogers, a former Nome resident, maintains a cleverly named blog on the race. He not only maintains it, he maintains it with passion. His coverage is far and away better than what is available through more traditional media sources, going into detail about back of the pack competition, who is moving in and out of the top ten, who is making a dramatic rise from out of nowhere to the leader’s board, etc. He also has some interesting comments on media coverage of the event, like this posting from earlier this week on Rachael Scordis, who last year attracted a lot of center media attention by being the only blind participant.His coverage reminds me of NASCAR coverage when done well. If you watch NASCAR on a major network that doesn’t know what it’s doing, the announcers pay attention to the lead, maybe the top five cars. But if you watch it on a well informed network, the announcers focus on the most interesting elements of the race: who is moving around, which positions are really heated, who has moved from 21st to 10th place, etc. Those intrarace dramas are important to the informed fan, and the educated network knows this.Josh Rogers does this for the Iditarod. Rogers isn’t the only blogger covering the Iditarod, and certainly not the only one doing it well, he just does it the best.”
Sports Media Watch – March 9th 2006
The Iditarod Race is always a very exciting and emotional event for all involved. Thanks for sharing your own excitement well contained in your wonderful commentaries. Looking forward to next year’s blog! –
Commenter Karl Sooder
For a real expert opinion though, visit Iditablog.com. They’re linking back to their accounts of the race coinciding with the parts that make it on the show.
- Chicago SunTimes Sports Blog
The Iditablog has done a great job of covering the race once again this year, with regular updates, race analysis, and interesting information in general. For fans of the race, I’d recommend two recent blog posts in general.
The first is entitled The race is truly on! and is a recent update on the current leaders, Martin Buser and Jeff King, who are mere minutes apart at the front of the pack. Both of them have completed their mandatory 24 hour rest stop, and have fresh teams out on the course.
-The Adventure Blog
…were it not for the efforts of Joshua Rogers of Iditablog.com, we would know very little indeed about the details of this race (All Alaska Sweepstakes 2008). The Alaska newspapers are doing a dismal job, posting online articles that are invariably stale and perfunctory.
- Sled Dog Blog
Best Iditarod blog? I feel like there should be more fanfare in the comments section! Good work! Congratulations!
My 7th and 8th grade students in Seattle have been following the Iditarod by “adopting” a musher. They read and write about their musher’s experience in 1st person. They love Iditablog.com and the passion in which Josh presents information and the stories. They have learned a great deal from this site! Thanks Josh.
love your blog and am so glad you are writing it! I like that you tackle a different nugget of interest in each blog, I’m learning a lot.
I’ve know about the race for years, but only become heavily interested this year. I direct an after school program K-5, and our 5th graders do a report on the race each year. One of my jobs is to help with Homework support, so my 5ht graders have seen the discovery channel series and I just found this podcast. I can’t wait to bring it in for them! We’ll be able to listen to it during the homework hour for them. Great job and I look forward to listening to more!