Britain’s first black woman sportswriter for a national newspaper won awards, covered fights in Las Vegas, and met Muhammad Ali and Pele during her …
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Tag: women in sports journalism
Breath of sadness… Ian Ridley’s moving tribute to his late wife Vikki Orvice
By SJA President PATRICK COLLINS Vikki Orvice was an outstanding sports journalist. She was feisty, resourceful and utterly professional. She had a pa…
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Does gender breakthrough at writing awards mean changing of the guard?
Will 2019 go down as a blip or does the fact that four key writing prizes at the British Sports Journalism Awards, were won by women for the first tim…
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Success of Women’s World Cup means more football journalists looking ahead to 2023 edition
By ANTON RIPPON The 2019 press pack who followed England women to the FIFA World Cup provided a watershed moment, both in terms of national print cove…
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Claudia Corbisiero’s journey from work experience kid at Sky Sports to the world’s biggest stages
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 …
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Molly Hudson’s post-World Cup blog: being a woman in a male-dominated world
Molly Hudson, shortlisted in the SJA’s football writer of the year awards, has just returned from the women’s World Cup in France. This is…
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Cricket Writers’ Club name Mitchell first woman chair
Broadcaster Alison Mitchell is the first woman chair of the Cricket Writers’ Club. Test Match Special regular Mitchell made history when she became …
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SJA in call for more diversity at British Sports Journalism Awards
The SJA is today calling for more diversity at the British Sports Journalism Awards. More than 600 people gathered at the Westminster Bridge Park Plaz…
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Katie Whyatt Telegraph’s first full-time reporter on women’s football
The Telegraph has broken new ground by appointing a full-time women’s football reporter for the first time. Katie Whyatt, Bradford fan and highl…
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World Cup ‘grope’ sparks appeal for women victims to speak out
Calling women sports journalists (reporters, photographers and broadcasters) … The Committee to Protect Journalists want to speak to women who have …
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