The Zelic name is synonymous with Australian football on the pitch. Now, it’s gaining momentum in football circles off the pitch, writes Marissa Lordanic.
The Age’s Caroline Wilson talks to John Pyrros about breaking into the industry and becoming the first full-time female AFL reporter.
A social media slip up take centre stage in an amusing cautionary tale by the American sports columnist Bill Simmons. The piece has been chosen by Jonathan Wilkinson to take its place in our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
The Zelic name is synonymous with Australian football on the pitch. Now, it’s gaining momentum in football circles off the pitch, writes Marissa Lordanic.
The Age’s Caroline Wilson talks to John Pyrros about breaking into the industry and becoming the first full-time female AFL reporter.
A social media slip up take centre stage in an amusing cautionary tale by the American sports columnist Bill Simmons. The piece has been chosen by Jonathan Wilkinson to take its place in our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
It’s the busiest month of the year for some AFL journalists, such as AFL.com.au’s draft expert Callum Twomey, who talks to Jim Files about the draft and how he got started in sports journalism.
The Zelic name is synonymous with Australian football on the pitch. Now, it’s gaining momentum in football circles off the pitch, writes Marissa Lordanic.
The Age’s Caroline Wilson talks to John Pyrros about breaking into the industry and becoming the first full-time female AFL reporter.
A social media slip up take centre stage in an amusing cautionary tale by the American sports columnist Bill Simmons. The piece has been chosen by Jonathan Wilkinson to take its place in our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
Journalism student Kevin Hawkins has just completed an internship at sportal.com.au, an experience that provided him with some sobering advice from a soccer journalist.
David Foster Wallace’s reflection on tennis star Roger Federer in action at Wimbledon is one of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism, says George Galanis.
Reckon sports writing has become robotic? Here’s the proof, says James Rosewarne, in this selection for our our ‘100 articles’ project.
La Trobe University welcomes its first sport journalism students this week. But what exactly makes a good sport journalist? Matt Smith talking about this and more with degree coodinator David Lowden.
In a nation obsessed with sport, Australia’s disabled athletes are severely under-represented in the media. Rebecca Adams reports.
The Melbourne-based publication has a full-time position available for those keen on the world game.
Is sport journalism important? After three weeks in New Delhi, La Trobe University’s new lecturer in sport journalism, David Lowden, considers the social impact of the profession he’s been part of for the last 20 years.
The Age is looking for highly motivated journalists with a passion for sport, photography or general news
Interested in journalism and sport and thinking about what to study next year? You might want to consider La Trobe’s new three-year Sport Journalism degree which will enrol its first batch of students for the start of the 2011 academic year.
He may be still a relative newcomer to the journalism game but Niall Seewang, a former La Trobe student, has a new job and a promising career ahead of him, as Evan Harding discovers.
Sports journalism has often been lampooned as the ‘toy department’, a distinct entity from ‘real journalism’. As Evan Harding explains, E.W Mason went one step further when he labelled sports journalism as an oxymoron.
In one of the 100 articles that all journalists should read, E.W Mason labels sports journalism an oxymoron. Evan Harding explains.
Have you ever noticed the number of sport cliches? Matt de Neef has put in a stellar performance sizing up the issue, but if you want to make this a great team effort, feel free to give it your best shot.
Our sport journalism symposium was held on Thursday 8 April. More soon on upstart about the day.
