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19 Jan
2012

Young Lorenzo oils his way towards writing career

Spot the online publishing entrepreneur: James Lorenzo with his TV presenter father, Matthew

15-year-old JAMES LORENZO is determined to become a third generation sports journalist, following his grandfather Peter and father Matthew. Here, he interrupts his GCSE Latin revision to outline how he used the internet to help practise and publish his own sports writing

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17 Jan
2012

Daily Mail: trainee reporters, writers and subs

Britain’s most successful newspaper group is offering would-be reporters, writers and sub-editors an exciting and challenging year-long training course, plus the chance to work at the Daily Mail and Mail Online.

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11 Jan
2012

Local papers invited to workshop on digital strategy

The Digital Editors’ Network will host Social, Local and Mobile Innovation at Media City in Manchester on February 23, exploring ideas on how the regional media should develop in the digital age

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5 Jan
2012

England Colleges Rugby: media manager (voluntary)

England Colleges Rugby is seeking to appoint an individual to manage all of the organisations media and media related relationships. This is a unique opportunity to develop the organisations exposure within the Rugby and Sporting sectors

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12 Dec
2011

Football debate to get a college premiere

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The Premier League at 20 – The Saviour of Football will be chaired by ITV Sport commentator Clive Tyldesley and brings together five of the game’s most eminent figures to discuss the long-term impact of the Premier League

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5 Dec
2011

SJA supports David Welch Student Sportswriter Award

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Open to school pupils and university students aged between 16 and 25 and who are in full-time education, the winner of the David Welch Student Sportswriter of the Year Award will get a week’s unpaid work experience on the sport desk at the Daily Telegraph, the newspaper where Welch was an influential sports editor for 20 years

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9 Nov
2011

Graduate trainee schemes: fast-track into journalism

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We are entering “graduate scheme season” for most students in their final years at university. Here, JON VALE takes a look at some of the avenues that future sports journalists might find useful

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7 Nov
2011

Students hear of highs and lows dealing with Sir Alex

Sir Alex Ferguson with Wayne Rooney: wide-ranging influence

In the week that marked his 25th anniversary in charge at Manchester United, an audience at the University of Brighton was treated to a fascinating insight into Sir Alex Ferguson’s dealings with sports journalists by two men who have had more than their fair share of run-ins with him

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31 Oct
2011

Seven young sports journalists contend for NCTJ award

Seven of the country’s outstanding young journalists have been announced as the finalists in the sport journalism category at this year’s NCTJ Awards for Excellenc

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19 Oct
2011

Brighton sports journalism talk postponed

Talk by Jim White and Paddy Barclay put back until Oct 31

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