The Athletic have appointed award-winning journalist Katie Whyatt as their new women’s football correspondent. Whyatt, Bradford fan and highly c…
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Ground-breaker Benny Bonsu lands top job with IOC’s Olympic Channel
Ground-breaking broadcaster and SJA committee member Benny Bonsu is the new director of daily content for the IOC’s Olympic Channel. Bonsu, who wrot…
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I’ve called the office crying because I’ve felt so uncomfortable as a black man in press boxes
Imagine walking to your place of work and worrying about your personal safety. Imagine sitting in your place of work feeling uncomfortable, different,…
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Counting the cost of coronavirus: job losses at Reach, Newsquest and BBC
The covid-19 crisis, which has already radically affected the freelance sports journalism industry, is beginning to take a heavy toll on staff jobs to…
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A tired black woman in sports media – Benny Bonsu reflects on the on-going battle to be herself
SJA committee member Benny Bonsu (www.bennybonsu.com) is head of women’s sport at GiveMeSport and a powerful voice for the Black Collective of Sport…
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The media must wake up to racial inequality says respected Mirror man Lewis
Daily Mirror columnist and football writer Darren Lewis has called for the media to “wake up” to racial equality in response to the Black …
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Brown steps into Hayward role as Telegraph chief sports writer
Oliver Brown has been promoted to chief sports writer at the Telegraph where he replaces five-time SJA sports writer of the year Paul Hayward. Hayward…
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SJA, BCOMS and Sports Media LGBT+ add to Football Writers’ voices as switch-off impacts freelances
The Sports Journalists’ Association, the Black Collective of Media in Sport (BCOMS) and Sports Media LGBT+ have joined the Football Writers’ Assoc…
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Thirty years on from Justin Fashanu: Reporting LGBT+ stories in sport
JON HOLMES of Sports Media LGBT+ introduces a new resources pack with guidelines designed to help with the reporting of LGBT+ content in sport… …
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Hayters to celebrate 65th birthday with anniversary reunion party
“Facts are sacred, opinion is free” was one of the favourite sayings of the late, great Reg Hayter, the founder of Fleet Street’s fi…
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