SJA secretary and insidethegames journalist Philip Barker has been informed he will have to spend two weeks in quarantine in his hotel room after bein…
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JOB: Digitally-savvy, news-driven sports journalist wanted
Sport Acuity is looking for a digitally-savvy, news-driven journalist, capable of editing and writing quality sports content with an eye on growing on…
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We’re watching you: Strict rules issued to Tokyo 2020 journalists
Journalists covering the Tokyo Games have been warned to follow the rules or they could find themselves ‘exposed’ on social media. Despite…
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Leading voices in football media talk LGBTQ+ inclusion on Pride panel – listen via podcast
Nicky Bandini, Adam Crafton, Matt Dickinson and Lianne Sanderson speak on Pride panel event convened by Sports Media LGBT+ and Football Writers’…
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SJA vice-chair Leon Mann awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List
SJA vice-chair Leon Man, a TV and film-maker, has been awarded an MBE in the 2021 Queen’s Birthday Honours for his work highlighting the lack …
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Fleet Street’s chief rotter Jackson reveals all in ‘Reflections of a Mirror man’
By SJA President PATRICK COLLINS Five days before the opening of the 1978 World Cup, I sat in the Press Centre in Buenos Aires, staring at an e…
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Football photographer Clarke captures a season of fans watching in lockdown
Highly-regarded football photographer Stuart Roy Clarke has joined forces with Amazon Prime Video to present The Homes of Football, a new exhibition w…
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SJA stalwart and former Extel sports editor Geoff Wheeler dies at 86
By PAUL TROW Geoff Wheeler, who has died after a long illness, aged 86, was a member of the SJA for over 50 years. For much of that time, he was sport…
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Peter Watson, a Fleet Street legend, departs
By NORMAN GILLER A huge old Fleet Street oak has fallen with the passing of Peter Watson, a powerhouse sports editor of the London Evening News and th…
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News literacy programme, NewsWise, is looking for journalist volunteers
Award-winning news literacy programme, NewsWise, is seeking journalist volunteers. We live in an era of major national and international political cha…
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