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The Last Dance of Sports Information

Well, everyone, we made it to our final blog posts for this class! It has not always been easy, but we are here ready to end off on a...

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May 3, 20212 min read

Keys to Writing the Perfect Crisis Response Press Release

For this week’s COMM 415 lectures, we talked all about crisis responses and all that is associated. I want to look more at how we write a...

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Apr 28, 20212 min read

How to develop an on-air presence

In this week’s COMM 415 lecture we talked all about developing an on-air presence. In one part there were 5 tips of advice for developing...

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Apr 21, 20212 min read

The Essentials of Podcasting

In this week's COMM 415 lecture we talked about the big three of audio/visual media. These are: Podcasts Radio Television For my blog...

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Apr 13, 20212 min read

Must Haves of Features

In this week’s COMM 415 lecture, we talked all about features. We talked about the six must-have features. 1. Hard work 2. Preparation 3....

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Apr 7, 20213 min read

The purpose of lede types

At the beginning of my sports information class, I just viewed a lede as one thing to catch a reader and deliver crucial information. As...

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Mar 31, 20213 min read

How do we determine what is newsworthy as sports journalists?

In this week’s blog I want to talk about three areas that can make something newsworthy. These will be conflict, impact, and unusualness....

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Mar 23, 20213 min read

How do we ask questions from a sports journalist’s perspective?

In this week’s readings and lecture we went over question techniques for interviewing athletes. As I am sure many of you are, I am also a...

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Mar 2, 20212 min read

Relationships Role in Sports Journalism (on social media)

In this week’s content it was discussed what are the things that go on social media. I want to dive into two of these topics. 1....

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Feb 23, 20212 min read

AP Style in Sports Journalism

In this week reading and lecture we learned some about AP Style for journalism purposes. We went through many different categories and...

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Feb 16, 20213 min read

Editorial Direction for Bloggers

As we discussed this week in the lecture, blogging has many different directions you can take. Deciding your sport, editorial directions,...

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Feb 9, 20212 min read

Fans, Personalization, and Sports Journalism

For all who are in COMM 415- Sports Information, I found some aspects quite interesting of our week 4 external reading source. The topic...

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Feb 2, 20213 min read

The Relationship between Sports Journalists and Professional Athletes

In this week’s readings, Primer A discussed the relationships between sports journalists and sports information directors. With college...

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Jan 26, 20212 min read

Social Media and Sports Journalism

With so many social media platforms today, we see many different jobs in sports that were not available until recently. As a former...

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Jan 21, 20213 min read

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The Last Dance of Sports Information

May 3, 20212 min read

Keys to Writing the Perfect Crisis Response Press Release

Apr 28, 20212 min read

How to develop an on-air presence

Apr 21, 20212 min read

Kurt's Sports Information Blog

The Last Dance of Sports Information

Keys to Writing the Perfect Crisis Response Press Release

How to develop an on-air presence

The Essentials of Podcasting

Must Haves of Features

The purpose of lede types

How do we determine what is newsworthy as sports journalists?

How do we ask questions from a sports journalist’s perspective?

Relationships Role in Sports Journalism (on social media)

AP Style in Sports Journalism

Editorial Direction for Bloggers

Fans, Personalization, and Sports Journalism

The Relationship between Sports Journalists and Professional Athletes

Social Media and Sports Journalism

contact information

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The Last Dance of Sports Information

Keys to Writing the Perfect Crisis Response Press Release

How to develop an on-air presence

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