ROB STEEN pays tribute to writer and friend Mike Marqusee, who died this week…
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Floodlights illuminate history of spectator sport
The latest book from Rob Steen has the look of a heavyweight, but SARAH JUGGINS say that it comes with a deft touch…
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Reading is first step to learn how to be a good writer
ROB STEEN, a sports journalism lecturer at Brighton University, advises that to be a good writer, you first need to be an avid reader…
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Winning numbers will make your copy add up
It may be overlooked, but to be a sports writer you need to be as good with numbers as you are with words, writes ROB STEEN…
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Dot the i, cross the t, and check your apostrophes
ROB STEEN, sports journalism lecturer at Brighton University with experience as a sports writer over four decades, maintains that his students should …
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CMJ: there was no finer role model for sports journalists
ROB STEEN pays an affectionate and personal tribute to Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the former cricket correspondent of the BBC, Telegraph and Times, w…
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Former Independent sportswriter Steve Pinder has died
SJA member ROB STEEN pays tribute to mentor and colleague, former Independent and City Limits sports writer Steve Pinder, who died yesterday…
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Lecturers fear degrees will be just for privileged few
"The higher the fees, the more likely the less well-off are to be squeezed out" says a senior lecturer in sports journalism…
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Unpaid internship? ‘It stinks’ say SJA experts
Senior media experts, all with years of experience on Fleet Street sports desks and working in training young journalists, have condemned a “job…
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Bringing sports writing to book
This week, ROB STEEN, who lectures in sports journalism at the University of Brighton, and has also recently published Sports Journalism: A Multimedia…
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