TOM CLARKE, the chairman of the SJA's sports writing judges, reveals the short lists from which the winners of the British Sports Journalism Awards wi…
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Month: February 2014
England’s greatest footballer was a truly great man
DAVID WALKER, the sports editor of the Sunday Mirror, is attending today's funeral of Sir Tom Finney in a number of capacities, including as a represe…
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Dignified Wenger out-lasts Morgan’s CNN adventure
NORMAN GILLER thinks there will be little sympathy at the Emirates for the demise of Piers Morgan’s American TV career, and recalls The Greate…
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Boxers celebrate Hubbard’s 50 years around the ring
Congratulations to veteran SJA member Alan Hubbard, who has been recognised for a career in boxing writing stretching back more than 50 years…
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Tapas, Torres and talk: a night of Spanish football
To celebrate World Cup year, when Spain will be defending their title in Brazil, the BritishSpanish Society is hosting a fund-raising event on March 6…
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Cups of tea all-round: intern’s true-life story
A week's work placement on a national newspaper's sports desk. A dream come true for some thrusting trainee hoping to soon be NCTJ qualified? Not if t…
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Clissitt gets ‘the vision thing’ in Telegraph changes
Ben Clissitt, the head of sport for the past four years, is to be the Telegraph group's first "director of visual journalism", one among a wide-rangin…
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Pauli’s pirates and punks put passion back in football
ANTON RIPPON on a book that charts how a disillusioned football fan rediscovered his enthusiasm for the game in Germany…
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ECB media accreditation for 2014 season
The deadline for applications to guarantee media accreditation for the 2014 England and Wales domestic cricket season is next Monday, Feb 24…
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Tony Cornell: driving force of TV and paper sports desks
Tony Cornell straddled the worlds of newspapers and television, usually in the background yet prominent in the final analysis of the coverage of many …
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