New research shows there was a sixfold increase in UK print media coverage for the 2019 Women’s World Cup compared to 2015 - but with so much buzz f…
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Category: Football writers
A change is gonna come… tipster and writer Kevin Pullein shares parting advice
Kevin Pullein is moving on after spending nearly a quarter of a century as the Racing Post’s leading football tipster; nicknamed the ‘Socc…
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Calvin encourages talented writers to ‘touch history’ beyond sport
The incredible story of Josef Lewkowicz - 'The Survivor' - is the Holocaust memoir that former SJA Sportswriter of the Year Michael Calvin always hope…
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In a single, elegant phrase, Lacey had ended the argument. It was an enviable trick…
PATRICK COLLINS, SJA President, pays tribute to friend David Lacey, former Guardian football correspondent, who has died age 83 At a critical stage of…
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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 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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