Maria Martin, a University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media graduate, has been in the game of sports reporting since graduating in 2014. Her latest win is working at 11Alive, WXIA-TV in Atlanta. “I am a sports anchor and reporter,” she said. “I have …
In the U.S. and around the globe, television remains the top device for consuming sports content, but veteran sportscaster Chuck Swirsky says the field is evolving rapidly. Swirsky currently serves as the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls. “When I first began my career in …
Sportswriter Wright Thompson equates the work of a profile writer to that of a lie detector. "The one thing I find myself talking about over and over again is the idea that you have to cut through myth and cut through brand," said Thompson, speaking as …
There’s never been a better time to be interested in sports journalism, according to Chuck Swirsky, the play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Bulls. Swirsky has also called play-by-play for both University of Michigan basketball and football and was formerly the play-by-play voice of the Toronto …
John McGuire and Ray Murray, associate professors at Oklahoma State University, interviewed 18 sports journalists at The Oklahoman and the Tulsa World to gather information on how the new demands of social media and the 24-hour news cycle were affecting their job satisfaction. Based on those …
