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Category archive: Courses and training

10 Apr
2013

Sports agency announces dates for free courses

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Sportsbeat has announced the dates for its popular one-day sports journalism introduction courses

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1 Apr
2013

Student sports writer who is worth studying

James Gheerbrant: Student Sports Writer of the Year

For a second year, the David Welch Student Sports Writer of the Year was announced at the SJA’s British Sports Journalism Awards last week, with Oxford under-graduate JAMES GHEERBRANT taking the honours. Here, we reproduce one of his articles for Cherwell from last year which comprised his award-winning entry

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1 Feb
2013

Sun and Sportsbeat offer Olympic journalism opening

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The Sun has teamed up with Wimbledon-based press agency Sportsbeat to offer a 40-week scholarship worth £7,500 to a resident of one of London’s six Olympic boroughs

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3 Jan
2013

West Ham United: media team internship

West Ham United is offering an internship in its media team to a journalism student or graduate

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18 Dec
2012

Mike Atherton to give university lecture: Jan 10

Michael Atherton: giving the annual sports journalism lecture at Brighton University

Mike Atherton, the SJA’s Sportswriter of the Year, is to give the University of Brighton’s 2013 Annual Sports Journalism Lecture next month

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14 Dec
2012

Entries open for student reporter competition

Michael Taylor is presented with the David Welch Student Sportswriter Awards by Chris Welch and Olympic athlete Lisa Dobriskey

Are you the next Henry Winter? A new Paul Hayward? Entries are now open for the latest David Welch Student Sportswriter of the Year competition, with a week’s work experience at the Daily Telegraph the prize for the winner, and the three short-listed entrants invited as guests to the SJA’s British Sports Journalism Awards in [...]

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9 Dec
2012

World Curling offers Sochi trip for student journalists

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The World Curling Federation is offering an exciting opportunity for one trainee journalist and one trainee photographer to accompany them to Sochi in Russia for a Olympic Winter Games test event in February

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22 Oct
2012

Sky Sports News: graduate placement

Starting summer 2013, you’ll have the opportunity to gain valuable experience working as part of one of the best production teams in the business and the country’s fastest and most trusted sports news channel

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12 Sep
2012

County cricket writing competition open for entries

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The awards, in their second year, are designed to recognise outstanding contributions towards the coverage of domestic cricket during the latest county season

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18 Jul
2012

Bigger and better: SJA guide to training courses

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JON VALE introduces the 2012 edition of the SJA’s online guide to journalism courses and training

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