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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Category: Football writers
SJA Notebook: Tokyo media plans will change, Newcastle ban writers’ questions, Baxter wins award and iconic yearbook editor dies
Catch up with our regular column of sports journalists making the news … IOC finalise plans for Tokyo operations with media capacity expected to be …
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RIP: SJA member Bill Meredith from 13-year-old copy boy to Telegraph assistant sports editor
The Football Writers’ Association have kindly allowed us to publish their tribute to SJA member Bill Meredith, who has sadly died at 92. By John…
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UEFA warn registered journalists to keep profile up-to-date for delayed Euros
By KEIR RADNEDGE, AIPS Football Commission European football federation UEFA has assured journalists wanting to cover the Euro 2020 finals that – li…
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RIP Mike Ellis, ‘superb operator’ who ghosted Shankly, Paisley, Souness and Dalglish
FUNERAL DETAILS UPDATE: Mike Ellis’s funeral will take place at Macclesfield Crematorium Monday February 17 (10.0am). Mike Ellis, The Sun̵…
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Success of women’s world cup means more football journalists looking ahead to 2023 edition
By ANTON RIPPON The 2019 press pack who followed England women to the FIFA World Cup provided a watershed moment, both in terms of national print cove…
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Happy 50th to the Football Year Book, the stats bible for the football fan
By PHILIP BARKER Every sports desk worthy of the name has, by now, found room for the 50th anniversary edition of the Football Yearbook. Around 1,000 …
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Norman Giller’s personal tribute to Steve Curry
Steve Curry, former chief football writer of the Daily Express, has died after a short illness. NORMAN GILLER pays this personal tribute……
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Molly Hudson’s post-World Cup blog: being a woman in a male-dominated world
Molly Hudson, shortlisted in the SJA’s football writer of the year awards, has just returned from the women’s World Cup in France. This is…
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Three regional football journalists join The Athletic
New digital sports subscription publishers The Athletic have added three leading regional paper writers to their expanding team. Phil Hay of the Yorks…
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