By MARK ALFORD FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE: Ian’s funeral will take place at Southend Crematorium at 12:40 on Thursday 9th of March, followed b…
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Remembering the laughs of ‘Newks’, an old-school reporter and long-time stalwart of the SJA
By PATRICK COLLINS It was Stephen Jones, the bard of the Sunday Times sports desk, who found the words to match the moment: “Barry Newcombe,” …
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SJA Annual General Meeting: 19th May
This is to give formal notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Sports Journalists’ Association will be held on Thursday 19th May 2022 at 1230.…
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SJA and CANON to host webinar for Young Sports Photographers
The Sports Journalists’ Association and Canon are hosting a webinar for young sports photographers with our two reigning photography award champions…
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SJA vice-chair Leon Mann awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
SJA vice-chair Leon Man, a TV and film-maker, has been awarded an MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his work highlighting the lack …
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News literacy programme, NewsWise, is looking for journalist volunteers
Award-winning news literacy programme, NewsWise, is seeking journalist volunteers. We live in an era of major national and international political cha…
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SJA Notebook: Mail on Sunday sports editor steps down and success for Cricket Writers’ coverage campaign
Catch up with our regular column of sports journalists making the news … Trialblazing Kervin steps down Alison Kervin is leaving the Mail on Sunday …
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Captain Tom legacy lives on with birthday fund-raiser challenge
On 6 April 2020, Captain Tom Moore set out round his garden to thank our NHS heroes. One hundred laps later, he’d raised an incredible £38.9 millio…
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Annual General Meeting 2021: Chair’s report
By ASHLEY BROADLEY A few days ago, I read again the co-chairs’ report to the AGM last year. It talked about coronavirus casting a long shadow on our…
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SJA Notebook: Tokyo 2020 officials seek to reduce Games accreditations
Tokyo 2020 officials are seeking to slash the number of accreditations for this year’s Olympics and Paralympics, according to local media report…
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