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02.04
Check here for each ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America® All-District Teams in both men's and women's basketball for University and College Divisions. First Team honorees are placed on the Academic All-America ballot, and SID's are reminded to update their student-athlete information by Monday, Feb. 8.

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02.04
AP is partnering with 900 newspapers and broadcasters who will split the ad revenue generated from an AP-produced Olympic multi-media package of video, photos, statistics, stories and a daily Webcast. Also - CoSIDA is building a list of SID's/CoSIDA members who are working at the Vancouver Olympics. Check here to submit the name/affiliation/Olympic assignment.

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02.04
The V Foundation for Cancer Research is accepting nominations for the V Foundation "2010 Comeback of the Year Award." Any currently active male or female collegiate basketball student-athlete or team may be nominated. The nominee’s accomplishment should represent personal triumph in the face of true adversity, be it health, life or moral dilemma. Deadline: Feb. 19.

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02.03
The NCAA staff is asking CoSIDA members to submit any unique, fun and off-beat information they might have concerning their school fight song. They are looking for unique stories on how fight songs were created or evolved and have become a big part of college tradition. See how to get your fight song story told!

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02.02
A national survey conducted by Cision and George Washington University’s Strategic Public Relations program found that an overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. Yet, journalists continue to depend heavily on PR professionals for primary research, interviews and context. Read social media strategist Sally Falkow's take on all this.

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02.02
As we know, not all social networking is good social networking and athletic departments are learning that student-athlete social-networking accounts are a potential public relations disaster- unless monitored. NCAAFanHouse senior college writer Jim Henry talks about universities monitoring these social network accounts, looking for careless postings and poor decisions, with the assistance from new companies like UDiligence.

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02.01
Find the monthly membership report on actions and initiatives that have taken place at the CoSIDA leadership levels during January.

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02.01
For those publicizing their team signings on National Football Signing Day (Feb. 3), CoSIDA corporate partner Fox Sports Interactive - via Scout.com - had developed a "one-stop shop" for SID's for information (player photos, state & national player rankings, rexcruiting writers' quotes, video links, and team recruitment class rankings).

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02.01
CoSIDA members are reminded that there are two more days left to vote for the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District® men's and women's basketball teams. Every vote does count, and the voting deadline is 6 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, Feb. 2.

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