Rural schools in Florida will soon compete in their own sports division. Florida High School Athletic Association’s board voted unanimously this week to create a division for schools that reside in areas designated rural by the state’s office of tourism and that also have fewer than 500 students.
Jun
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2010
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Mar
2
2010
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2010
Sports Institute offers summer workshop
Sports journalism students in Chicago and Indianapolis can apply for the inaugural Diversity Sports Media Institute offered by the National Sports Journalism Center at IUPUI.
During the free week-long workshop, students will produce video and/or web content with TV producers, participate in a mock press conference, and attend sessions offered by experienced sports journalists.
You can download a PDF [...]
Feb
4
2010
4
2010
Don’t challenge players’ toughness after big hits
Time magazine published a must-read story for any sports journalist, young athlete, or parent of a child playing contact sports like football, where the inherent head trauma can eventually cause CTE and other brain disorders that kick in years after a professional football player retires. Later in life, even high school and college players are susceptible to these [...]
Jan
7
2010
7
2010
Who’s to blame for NASCAR Scene’s demise?
So what’s to be learned from the most recent journalism cuts? That giving away content for free online does not make sense? Or that publishers and editors continue to stumble over new media, falling flat when it comes to selling the news?
Nothing is clear except that news organizations are struggling. Yesterday, NASCAR Scene, one of auto [...]
Dec
2
2009
2
2009
Check blog for archives
This site, SportsFieldGuide.com, includes just a few of the 250-plus posts originally published at the OnSports blog. You can go to this site to check out more information on covering individual sports, review sports books, and learn how to improve sports writing skills.
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2009
SEC still won’t allow video
The Southeastern Conference has revised its media policy, allowing for more blogging and for newspapers to sell photos from games – but forget about video of the games, something that must come from the SEC’s official Web site. The Student Press Law Center writes more about these changes.
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