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"...Professor Shorr was great, always willing to help and give constructive criticism - which is needed. He knows everything about broadcast sports and more. Definitely a wonderful mentor and cares about the success of his students and the program..."

"...The man (Falla) was an amazing teacher and writer. You feel as though you're learning from one of the true greats. The time in his class is almost magical..."

 
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Sports Journalism
Punch your own ticket -Write your way to The Show. Sports Journalism as a practical writing course covering the major formats of game stories, features, columns and player profiles. Learn reporting and interviewing skills, story structure and ways to put color in your copy. The course also offers a look at the job market and the freelance writing business.

Broadcast Sports Journalism
Train to be a Sports Anchor. During each class, we will produce a half-hour episode of "Sports Summer", a program combining hard news, feature stories, commentary and live guests. We will format, write, edit and produce the show within the three-hour class time. Students will get hands on experience on the Anchor desk and in reporting sports stories from the field. Your resume tape starts here!

Multimedia Sports
The way journalists tell sports stories is changing exponentially. Watching the game and getting quotes from the locker room is just a small part of the job now. As sports, newspaper and television websites explode with multimedia sports stories, learn how to build your own website in Dreamweaver and how to use basic PhotoShop and Final Cut Pro techniques to tell your stories with video, audio and graphical elements. Bring your game up to date in the digital age.

Sports Seminar
A panel of working journalists will join students in a discussion of a topical sports issue. The panel will be interviewed by the Director of the Institute, followed by a Q and A period by students.

Seminars will cover:
- Sports in the Television Newsroom
- Women in Sports
- Agents and Jobs
- Sports Journalism
- Radio/Internet Sports

View the 2007 sports seminars and speakers.

Sports Institute Guests Have Included:
Bob Ryan, The Boston Globe
Michael A. Smith, ESPN.com
Sean McDonough, ABC Sports
Jackie MacMullan, The Boston Globe, ESPN
Leigh Montville, author
Ian Thomsen, Sports Illustrated
Mike Eruzione, 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist
Cedric Maxwell, NBA Finals MVP
Steve Deossie, Super Bowl Champion
Al Jaffe, ESPN
Glenn Ordway, WEEI Sports Talk Radio
Bill Littlefield, NPR Radio
Joe Sullivan, Boston Globe Sports Editor
Mike Felger, ESPN Radio, Boston
Tina Cervasio, New England Sports Network
Dave Jageler, Washington Nationals Radio
Don Orsillo, Boston Red Sox Television
Rob Bradford, Author, Commentator

 

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