Courses and training – Page 3 – Sports Journalists' Association

April 22, 2015May 16, 2015

Young journalists’ networking meetings continue

CHRISTIAN RADNEDGE reports on the first of an initiative, supported by the SJA…

April 20, 2015May 1, 2015

BBC announces summer trainee reporter scheme

The training scheme “gives talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds the opportunity to learn and develop sports reporting skills at the B…

February 17, 2015June 6, 2015

Things are on the up, except our writing fees

A recent opinion poll shows that being a writer is still a sought-after profession, but as far as payment's concerned, NORMAN GILLER says, times are n…

January 12, 2015January 21, 2015

Curling offers students chance to cover world champs

The World Curling Federation (WCF) is seeking student reporters, a photographer and TV production trainee to work on all-expenses-paid trips at their …

October 29, 2014January 5, 2017

It was good advice then, and it’s good advice now

This letter from John Motson from more than a quarter of a century ago provides some sound advice for someone seeking to begin a career as a sports jo…

September 24, 2014January 13, 2017

Ensure that your expense claims all add up

BARRY KERNON, from accountancy firm HW Fisher, the SJA’s auditors, offers more insight about how freelance journalists can get their tax returns rig…

September 6, 2014September 15, 2014

Curling offers students a champion chance

The World Curling Federation is giving full-time students a unique opportunity to develop their skills with a 10-day assignment at this year's Europea…

September 4, 2014September 8, 2014

British Library stages session on protecting your IP

The British Library is staging a half-day conference next Thursday, September 11, entitled "Copyright in the Digital Age, PR Professionals, Writers, E…

August 25, 2014January 24, 2017

Reading is first step to learn how to be a good writer

ROB STEEN, a sports journalism lecturer at Brighton University, advises that to be a good writer, you first need to be an avid reader…

August 11, 2014February 1, 2017

Making mileage out of your income tax claims

BARRY KERNON, from accountancy firm HW Fisher, the SJA’s auditors, looks at how freelance journalists can better manage their car use when it comes …