THIS VOTE HAS NOW CLOSED; Sports Journalists' Association members vote to decide the winner of the Pundit category; five new contenders for the prize …
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Category: Sports broadcasting
Friendly rivalries feature on Broadcast shortlists for SJA British Sports Journalism Awards
Old pals Mike Atherton and Nasser Hussain are both up for Commentator again, one of 14 awards on offer in final batch of announcements; Sky Sports and…
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Ian Wooldridge’s pioneering TV work gave viewers a window into the world of sport
A five-time winner of the SJA Sportswriter of the Year Award, Ian Wooldridge was an industry legend who also made over 120 television documentaries, w…
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A tragicomic TV masterpiece: ‘Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job’ still the essential England documentary 30 years on
Thirty years ago, the SJA was still known as the Sports Writers Association and our Journalism awards did not include broadcasting. SJA Secretary Phil…
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Chapman, Murray and Scott reclaim titles as McCoist takes Pundit crown at British Sports Journalism Awards
Past winners Mark Chapman (BBC Sport), John Murray (BBC Radio 5 Live) and Steve Scott (ITV News) repeat their respective Presenter, Commentator and Br…
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‘A masterpiece of sensitive broadcasting’: The Munich massacre remembered
After the 50th anniversary of the Munich massacre, SJA secretary Philip Barker recalls David Coleman’s “finest hour as a broadcaster”…
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SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2021: broadcast shortlist
The SJA is delighted to add two new categories to the British Sports Journalism broadcast awards in recognition of the growing numbers who subscribe t…
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Remembering when Arsenal become football’s first TV stars
By ANTON RIPPON So, Arsenal – and the rest – won’t be competing in a European Super League after all. But the Gunners do seem to have the knack …
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SJA British Sports Journalism Awards 2020: broadcast shortlists
A year ago Christina Macfarlane of CNN made history by becoming the first woman to win Broadcast Journalist of the year at the SJA British Sports Jour…
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Forty summers on and Arlott remains the voice of cricket
By PHILIP BARKER It was 40 summers ago on a sunlit September afternoon that the crowd at Lord’s gave a standing ovation, not for a cricketer but a c…
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