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SJI welcomes its 20th class
The Sports Journalism Institute is set to welcome its 20th class this summer in Columbia, Mo. A group of seven men and four women (seven African-Americans, two Asian-Americans and two Latinos) make up the Class of 2012, which will be in residence at the University of Missouri School of Journalism from [...]
Rosenbush earns Emmy
Sports Journalism Institute co-founder and co-director Sandy Rosenbush earned an Emmy for her work as an assignment editor on ESPN's coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The Emmy was awarded for "Outstanding Live Sports Special."
Lee elected NABJ prez
By Naomi E. Prioleau, Faran Foy and Daniella Dorcelus NABJ Monitor Greg Lee was elected NABJ president Friday, defeating Deirdre Childress and Charles Robinson. Lee, who will take the reins from Kathy Y. Times, received 294 votes in Friday’s election. Childress trailed Lee with 168 votes, followed by Robinson who tallied 50 votes. “I [...]
Leaving Utah and its stereotypes
Carron J. Phillips Class of 2011 The day I found out I was moving to Utah for the summer I immediately though of two things — Brandon Davies and Starbucks. Rick Majerus’s 1998 Final Four run with the Utes, the Jazz, and the combination of Urban Meyer, Alex Smith and Utah winning in the 2009 Sugar Bowl were pretty much all I knew about [...]
Lyles admits to errors of commission
By Joseph Duarte / Houston Chronicle Class of 1995 Willie Lyles rolls up his sleeve to show burn marks from his job baking bread at a downtown Houston store. "It pays the bills," Lyles said. Not long ago, before he became the key figure in the ongoing NCAA investigation into the University of Oregon football program, Lyles had other career [...]
The 2011 SJI Bulletin
The annual newspaper by the latest class of the Sports Journalism Institute. 2011 SJI Bulletin(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); [...]
NABJ withdraws from UNITY
Patricia Lee APSE Bulletin Staff Writer After 17 years of working with UNITY: Journalists of Color to bring together minorities in the field, the National Association of Black Journalists voted April 10 to end its participation, citing financial disputes as a reason. The UNITY coalition was started to bring together NABJ, the Native [...]
Spotlight on SJI grad
By Ignacio Marquez APSE Bulletin Staff Writer Anthony Witrado observed 5-month-old Makayla Davidson for some time while watching Montrell Davidson play football at Bay View High School in Milwaukee. The young prep sports reporter was writing a story on Davidson, the 17-year-old team captain on the school’s football team and father to [...]
SJI No. 19 underway
The 19th edition of the SJI has started its journey of sports checks, writing deadline stories and trying to understand Sgt. Carter-isms. The 11 students from around the country have come together at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla. to learn more about the sports journalism industry. Follow the week's activities at [...]
SJI unveils new logo
By Alex Prewitt Class of 2010 Throughout its 18 years of placing women and minority journalists in sports departments across the country, the Sports Journalism Institute has been without a logo to identify its unique mission. So as SJI prepares for the 2012 relocation of its 10-day crash course to the Missouri School of Journalism, it [...]
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