By Joyce Schwarz, media futurist, blogging at www.hollywood2020. net
Fascinating to see one of the most content creations by newspapers across the USA is the National Spelling Bee. Watching the show tonight, I caught my breath as I watched the young teen from North Royalton, Ohio -- just a few miles from the Cleveland suberb my family lives in outside of Cleveland was just about to WIN the contest. YOWZA -- talk about suspense!
Anamika Veeramani, 14, of North Royalton, Ohio, is congratulated by her parents after winning the 2010 National Spelling Bee in Washington, on Friday, June 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE *from wikipedia.org The United States National Spelling Bee was started in 1925 by The Courier-Journal, the newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky. In 1941, the Scripps Howard News Service acquired sponsorship of the program, and the name changed to the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee (later simply "Scripps National Spelling Bee"). As well as covering the 50 U.S. states, several competitors also come from Canada, the Bahamas, New Zealand and Europe.
The official Scripps Howard Spelling be website is at www.spellingbee.com (of course!) Lots of helpful info on here including word lists that date back to the 1950's
TV RATINGS FOR THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE: According to the NY TIMES: In third place for the night, ABC broadcast the “2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee,” which earned an average of approximately 5.5 million viewers. The live competition, with host Tom Bergeron *name sound familiar-- sure is DANCING WITH THE STARS host too The live show lasted from 8 p.m. until just after 10 p.m.,
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