National Sports Journalism Center
Encyclopedia
The National Sports Journalism Center is a journalism
program run by Indiana University
and a resource center for sports media professionals. The center, based at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
, currently offers undergraduate-level sports journalism
courses and will launch what is believed to be the nation's first master's of sports journalism program in Fall 2010.
The center, founded in early 2009, also hosts events on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. It held its first event, a forum on the effects of hype and evolving media pressures on sports reporting, in March 2009. It held a second panel discussion on diversity in the sports media industry in September 2009. Additional speakers have included Fox sports commentator Joe Buck
and Pulitzer Prize winner and "Friday Night Lights
" author H.G. Bissinger.
The center also offers real-world sports journalism opportunities for students, including placing about a dozen Indiana University
and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
students in a "Student News Bureau" to cover the 2010 NCAA Men's Final Four
in Indianapolis
.
Former Chicago Tribune
sports editor Tim Franklin leads the center, which also includes instructors William F. "Billy" Reed, former Sports Illustrated
senior writer; and Pamela Laucella, author of Jesse Owens, the Press and the 1936 Berlin Olympics and co-author of Strategic Sport Communication.
The center is also home to the Associated Press
Sports Editors, the nation's largest sports media organization.
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
program run by Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
and a resource center for sports media professionals. The center, based at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis is an urban campus of Indiana University and Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Indiana University is the managing partner...
, currently offers undergraduate-level sports journalism
Sports journalism
Sports journalism is a form of journalism that reports on sports topics and events.While the sports department within some newspapers has been mockingly called the toy department, because sports journalists do not concern themselves with the 'serious' topics covered by the news desk, sports...
courses and will launch what is believed to be the nation's first master's of sports journalism program in Fall 2010.
The center, founded in early 2009, also hosts events on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. It held its first event, a forum on the effects of hype and evolving media pressures on sports reporting, in March 2009. It held a second panel discussion on diversity in the sports media industry in September 2009. Additional speakers have included Fox sports commentator Joe Buck
Joe Buck
Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck is an American sportscaster and the son of legendary sportscaster Jack Buck. He has won numerous Sports Emmy Awards for his play-by-play work with Fox Sports.-Education:...
and Pulitzer Prize winner and "Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 non-fiction book written by H. G. Bissinger. The book follows the story of the 1988 Permian High School Panthers football team from Odessa, Texas as they made a run towards the Texas state championship...
" author H.G. Bissinger.
The center also offers real-world sports journalism opportunities for students, including placing about a dozen Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis is an urban campus of Indiana University and Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Indiana University is the managing partner...
students in a "Student News Bureau" to cover the 2010 NCAA Men's Final Four
Final four
Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...
in Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
.
Former Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
sports editor Tim Franklin leads the center, which also includes instructors William F. "Billy" Reed, former Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
senior writer; and Pamela Laucella, author of Jesse Owens, the Press and the 1936 Berlin Olympics and co-author of Strategic Sport Communication.
The center is also home to the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Sports Editors, the nation's largest sports media organization.
External links
- National Sports Journalism Center website
- National Sports Journalism Center Facebook Fan Page http://www.facebook.com/sportsjournalism
- Associated Press Sports Editors