Monthly Archives: October 2013

A Night to Remember…

October 20, 2013 at 10:50 am

When I first proposed a sports journalism seminar series some dozen years ago here at Boston University, my hope was to bring industry professional on campus who could share their insights into the jobs and experiences my students aspired toward….I hoped an offshoot would be the beginnings of a networking process that would help the […]

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Play by Play: a Video Game Story

October 13, 2013 at 12:28 pm

Play by play broadcasters are often times, the faces of the team…Viewers listen or tune in  night after night and it’s not unusual for an announcer to thank his faithful for “inviting them into your living room”…But talk to every single one of them and they’ll tell you the same thing….It wasn’t always that way…They […]

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Have You Got a Minute?

October 5, 2013 at 11:08 am

It doesn’t get more basic in journalism than interviewing…You have a need to know, someone has the answers….Armed with a few basics, you’re off… Now interviewing can be intimidating and no place more so than a professional locker room.  So it was great to have guests at the Boston University Sports Journalism Seminar Series that […]

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