British sports journalist and broadcaster Joanna Lester, who ‘grew up surrounded by rugby league’, is the director of an extraordinary doc…
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Category: Sports broadcasting
Motty bows out and it’s business as usual
By Frank Malley When John Motson, after 50 unforgettable years, had commentated on his final match for the BBC, perversely an instantly forgettable an…
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How the professionals can mark UNESCO World Radio Day
On February 13 UNESCO is asking radio stations around the world to showcase the beauty of sport, in all its diversity. Community radio award win…
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BBC’s Pat Murphy on Cloughie, Taylor, the Ashes and retirement
The announcement came via Twitter to his 38,000 followers. BBC sports reporter and supreme broadcaster PAT MURPHY had retired from full-time broadcast…
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Trans World Sport’s three decades of cutting-edge tv
Trans World Sport is 30 today. PHILIP BARKER pays tribute to the programme which gave him his first job in sports journalism. It has…
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Graham Taylor: a hero I was honoured to meet
JOHN ANDERSON pays tribute to Graham Taylor, the son of a sports journalist who went on to manage Watford, Villa and England, and to do a bit of broa…
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Apply to attend BBC Sport diversity open evening
BBC Sport at MediaCity in Salford is to stage a diversity open evening in October…
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Community show wins Nockolds national radio prize
SJA associate member Ian Nockolds has won a gold award for Sports Show of the Year at the national Community Radio Awards for his work on Somer Valley…
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£12,000 prizes on offer for county cricket coverage
The England and Wales Cricket Board, together with the Cricket Writers' Club, has opened entries for young journalists, broadcasters and regional news…
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Beaumont and Francis head Rugby Expo speakers
Speakers at this year's Rugby Expo, being staged in Coventry for the first time, include Bill Beaumont, who will deliver a keynote address ahead of ta…
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