November 16, 2013 at 9:43 am
With apologies to Perry Como, walking into a professional locker room can be daunting…these are the guys you’ve idolized and now you actually have to talk to them, you have to initiate the conversation….no question it can be scary but armed with a few simple guidelines, it can be navigated… Ian Browne of MLB.com and […]
November 9, 2013 at 12:41 pm
You never know where your opportunity is going to come from…All you can hope for is that it comes sooner rather than later…And that you’ll be ready when it does…Mine came when i was a graduate student here at Boston University and i can , unequivocally, say i wasn’t ready but I did know enough […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 29, 2013 at 10:02 am
Aaron Hernandez is accused of murder…Von Miller allegedly tries to bribe a drug tester…Bob Hewitt is charged with raping those he’s teaching to play tennis… When you signed on to become a sports journalist, you probably never thought someday you’d have to report on stories like these but more and more, it’s become part of […]
September 22, 2013 at 10:35 am
Perception is often reality but in the case of Beat Reporters, the public has no idea…Sure, there are nice hotels on the road and stockpiles of frequent flier miles but with the advent of the 24 hour news cycle, the hours are long and the competition is stiff… Being around the team as often as […]
September 14, 2013 at 10:51 am
It’s not enough to report the scores and quote the athletes in the 2013 world of sports journalism, you’ve got to be more engaging, more compelling…You’ve got to give them a reason to come back…Michael Felger of ComcastSportsnet New England and Tanya Ray Fox, who writes for She’s Games Sports and SB Nation as […]
December 8, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Reporters live for the big story…It’s a change of pace and often times, a chance to shine…But sometimes that very same reporter becomes part of that story and that turns everything upside down…Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe and independent filmmaker Sean Pamphilon visited the Boston University sports journalism seminar series recently and both have […]
December 2, 2012 at 4:48 pm
El Campo, Texas, Wynne, Arkansas, Huntington WV, even Cedar Rapids, IA…small newspapers needing writers, stations looking for sports reporters, local viewers looking for the next Chris Berman or Suzy Kolber…Talk to every anchor, producer, writer and you find a story of humble beginnings, of small towns, long shifts and not so much money…Everyone has a […]
