Follow the SJA’s social media channels – or better still sign up to become a member – and keep up to date with the latest jobs in sports journalism. Football journalist i is looking for a brilliant Northern Football Correspondent to work across its digital and print platforms. They are looking for a creative thinker […]
Thomson Reuters are looking for a sports correspondent to cover Iberia, providing in-depth coverage of all areas of Spanish and Portuguese sport and sports news. The Iberian region is home to some of the biggest soccer clubs on the planet, some of the world’s best tennis players, athletes and sports characters; and hosts elite level […]
The Cricket Writers’ Club have appealed to the ECB to rethink cost-saving plans which would slash county cricket coverage and involve a mass cull of their Reporters’ Network. In an open letter, released today, the CWC warn that the decision to reduce the workforce from 18 to six in the County Championship, as well as […]
More than 140 aspiring and student journalists joined us for a Q&A panel on the future of sports journalism. Advice and invaluable knowledge was dispensed by PA Media sports editor and SJA chair Ash Broadley, TalkSport’s Faye Carruthers, BCOMS founder and SJA vice-chair Leon Mann and The Guardian’s Sachin Nakrani, in a session chaired by […]
Freelance sports broadcaster and podcaster Andy Stevenson was born with no hands and has an artificial leg but that has not stopped him carving out a successful career in the industry. He has stepped out from behind the mic to be interviewed by ROS DUMLAO for the International Paralympic Committee. As a podcast host, Andy […]
The Athletic have appointed award-winning journalist Katie Whyatt as their new women’s football correspondent. Whyatt, Bradford fan and highly commended in the student writer category at the SJA 2016 Sports Journalism Awards, made history when she became The Telegraph’s first full-time women’s football reporter two years ago, playing a pivotal role in the paper’s ground-breaking […]
The covid-19 crisis, which has already radically affected the freelance sports journalism industry, is beginning to take a heavy toll on staff jobs too. Reach, the UK’s largest newspaper group and owner of the Mirror, Express and Star, are set to amalgamate their national and regional operations, like the Manchester Evening News and Birmingham Mail, […]
From a work experience runner on Sky Sports to a director and producer in high-end sports content, Claudia Corbisiero of SJA award-winning Noah Media Group has broken down gender barriers. This profile was written by HEATHER MCLEAN, editor at Sports Video Group Europe, who has given permission for the SJA to publish an abridged version. […]
Greenways Publishing, publishers of niche sports titles, The Non League Football Paper, The League Paper, The Rugby Paper and The Cricket Paper, are seeking sub editors to work across their titles. They will be based in the newly-refurbished Wimbledon office, close to the main line station. Work days primarily Thursday to Saturday, either as a block […]
The Sports Journalists’ Association and News Associates are partners in the first sports journalism diversity scholarship scheme, awarded for the first time in 2019. Ahmed Shooble, 22, is the successful candidate and he will study full-time for 35 weeks on News Associates’ Multimedia Sports Journalism course in London this September, with his fees covered by […]
