Freelances in other sports are understood to be in the same boat, each contributing, in terms of loss of earnings, a widow’s mite to facilitate the BBC’s payment of such absurdly inflated contracts as the £16.9 million over three years agreed with Jonathan Ross
The Snooker Writers’ Association has launched a campaign against PA Sport’s controversial decision to drop its regular freelance stringers and instead depend on the sport’s world governing body’s website as a source for its stories. Instead of its usual freelance contributors, PA Sport has said it will supply its reports by using staff reporters and […]
The SJA sends its best wishes for a speedy recovery to Clive Everton, the foremost authority on snooker, who is recovering from a broken hip.
A week in sport and journalism, through the words of the players and those who cover them. This week including Audley Harrison, Rio Ferdinand, Hugh McIlvanney, Paul Hunter and Gordon Brown, and racing pigeons and mobile phones
By Steven Downes, Secretary, SJA At the SJA Committee meeting earlier today, the following membership applications were accepted.
Snooker journalist and broadcaster Clive Everton has endured 20 years of dispute with the world governing body. Here, he recounts the latest bout of the battle
The world snooker governing body is attempting to close down the sport’s leading magazine, according to its editor, veteran sportswiter and commentator Clive Everton. Snooker Scene is the monthly magazine which has covered the sport since 1971, but has had a prickly relationship with the WPBSA, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, for much […]
