WHAT IS THE SPORTS FREELANCER COLLECTIVE? We are a coalition of major sports journalism associations – the SJA, the Football Writers’ Asso…
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How sport tried to play on in WW 2 as the air raid sirens sounded
By ERIC BROWN With British sport trying to cope during the current Covid-19 pandemic, award-winning author Anton Rippon has gone back 80 years to high…
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Ground-breaker Benny Bonsu lands top job with IOC’s Olympic Channel
Ground-breaking broadcaster and SJA committee member Benny Bonsu is the new director of daily content for the IOC’s Olympic Channel. Bonsu, who wrot…
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How Ian Wooldridge upset Prince Philip and the Kremlin 40 years ago
The Moscow Olympic Games opened on July 19, 1980. Four decades on, PHILIP BARKER tells the story of the part that Ian Wooldridge played as politics th…
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Blood and Circuses ‘a fascinating yet nightmarish journey into the wild east’
PHILIP BARKER reviews Blood and Circuses, the story of what happened to football in the former Soviet Bloc after the cold war ended Robert O’Connor …
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Three Derby Uni women scholars combine football journalism with playing
Three talented football-playing young women have been awarded scholarships for the University of Derby’s football journalism course which will allow…
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Breath of sadness…Ian Ridley’s moving tribute to his late wife Vikki Orvice
By SJA President PATRICK COLLINS Vikki Orvice was an outstanding sports journalist. She was feisty, resourceful and utterly professional. She had a pa…
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I’ve called the office crying because I’ve felt so uncomfortable as a black man in press boxes
Imagine walking to your place of work and worrying about your personal safety. Imagine sitting in your place of work feeling uncomfortable, different,…
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Counting the cost of coronavirus: job losses at Reach, Newsquest and BBC
The covid-19 crisis, which has already radically affected the freelance sports journalism industry, is beginning to take a heavy toll on staff jobs to…
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