ROB STEEN, a sports journalism lecturer at Brighton University, advises that to be a good writer, you first need to be an avid reader…
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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 …
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Make room in tax returns for working from home
Finding filling in those annual returns taxing? BARRY KERNON, from the SJA's accountants HW Fisher, offers the first in a brief series on handling you…
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Working for nothing can be a bad experience
The SJA tries to offer advice based on our members' experience and common sense, and not receiving pay for work is rarely a good idea. By STEVEN DOWNE…
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Panel discussion on who won the Match of the Day
Which of the BBC and ITV gave World Cup viewers the better service? Who were the best presenters? Which fielded the most articulate pundits before, du…
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Winning numbers will make your copy add up
It may be overlooked, but to be a sports writer you need to be as good with numbers as you are with words, writes ROB STEEN…
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Dot the i, cross the t, and check your apostrophes
ROB STEEN, sports journalism lecturer at Brighton University with experience as a sports writer over four decades, maintains that his students should …
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We’ve seen future of football writing, and it tweets
What has been the impact of Twitter and social media on football journalism? DAVID WALKER and JANINE SELF answer a student's questions on the future o…
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Holt interview kicks off a week’s focus on media
The Bleacher Report has been running an "Inside the Football Media" week, kicked off with the Daily Mirror's Oliver Holt talking about his life doing …
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Brutal choices and lucky moments help to win award
Sports Photographer of the Year BRYN LENNON talks about the craft behind some of the images that won him the Ed Lacy Trophy…
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