Journalists invade Arizona

With the Super Bowl a week away, journalists are flooding into the Valley -- more than 3,500 of them, according to an azcentral.com article.

I think this is pretty cool considering the consistent notion of print journalism being a reeling field and at least for this week, Arizona will be hosting a massive contingency of the "endangered species."

I've had the opportunity to work for the Arizona Cardinals as a media relations assistant the past two seasons, so I've seen the activity in the University of Phoenix stadium press box and I can't imagine what it'll be like filled to the brim. It was always cool to see all the writers rushing on deadline and after the big game, I'm sure the tension will be thick enough you could cut it with a knife.

And to think, more than 2,000 other journalists had their applications for credentials rejected, according to the article.

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The photo above is roughly the view from the press box. Photo from thenewstribune.com