Peter Preston, in The Observer, asks why the old pros in the cricket press box did not report on Andrew Flintoff’s drinking habit We may, perhap…
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Month: March 2007
Wembley’s arch of triumph
By Steven Downes Half a minute into the first match at the new Wembley, and the swish scoreboard would have delighted all Scots: England 0, The Opposi…
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Managementspeak and the unreadable memo
From Jack Shafer, slate.com I take as an article of faith that every workaday journalist who blossoms into the supreme editor of a publication demonst…
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Pirates of Caribbean cash in at the cricket
A further sign that sports organisers are trying to raise cash from press covering events comes from the West Indies. Journalists covering the cricket…
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Warm welcome to new members
A bumper batch of new members has been welcomed into the Sports Journalists’ Association recently – all, we hope, looking forward to playi…
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“A cut too far” – Sport England
Derek Mapp, the chairman of Sport England, says that the latest round of funding allocations for the London Olympics will “seriously endanger…
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Blatter’s Fifa has $100m loss on the cards
Fifa, the football world body, is budgeting for a $100 million settlement following its humiliating defeat in a New York courtroom last year, reports …
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Award-winner Warner signs to BBC
By Steven Downes Adrian Warner, named last week at the SJA’s British Sports Journalism Awards as the Sports News Reporter of the Year for his fr…
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So David, what would be your dream assignment?
Less than a week into the cricket World Cup, and Giles Smith, of The Times, has spotted that one sports journalist at least has nabbed the dream job T…
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World Canoeing: accreditation now open
SJA members who hold a valid AIPS membership card may apply for accreditation to the Canoeing World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.…
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