By PHILIP BARKER This year marks the 75th anniversary of the foundation of what became the Sports Journalists’ Association. There had been explo…
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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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BBC Current Affairs team looking for a sports journalist
BBC Current Affairs (This is a paid for freelancing position) The BBC Current Affairs team are looking for a Sports Journalist for a BBC Two documenta…
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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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TV sports presenter and reporter Steve Lee dies suddenly at the age of 68
By ANTON RIPPON Former television sports presenter Steve Lee has died suddenly at the age of 68. For a generation of viewers in the Midlands, Lee was …
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Counting the cost of coronavirus: job losses at Reach, Newsquest and BBC
The covid-19 crisis, which has already radically affected the freelance sports journalism industry, is beginning to take a heavy toll on staff jobs to…
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Ingham autobiography out in paperback – ‘for anyone who loves radio sport the way it should be done’
Mike Ingham’s acclaimed autobiography will be universally available at the end of March when it is released in paperback. Ingham, for many years…
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A golden year of cricket, stand-up comic Gary Neville and a first for CNN and talkSPORT…
FAYE CARRUTHERS, chair of broadcast judges, reports on the British Sports Journalism Awards It was a year of new awards, new winners and a year where …
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Ex-BBC man Warner pens guide to recovering from redundancy
Everybody should be preparing for the day when they could be suddenly shown the door by their employers, especially in journalism. That is the advice …
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Report a Cup final? No, you’re a woman – the amazing tale of Mary Raine in 1969
Mary Raine was a pioneering football journalist who made history by becoming the first woman to be heard on Sports Report. PHILIP BARKER tells her ext…
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