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Rosenbush: AWSM pioneer
The Sports Journalism Institute's co-director and co-founder Sandy Rosenbush has been awarded the Associated for Women in Sports Media's 2012 Mary Garber Pioneer Award. From AWSM's website: “I’m overwhelmed by this honor,” Rosenbush said. “AWSM has been such an important force in helping to diversify the sports media, and in [...]
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 [...]
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"); [...]
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 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 [...]
SJI, Missouri announce alliance
Courtesy of the University of Missouri Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 21, 2011) -- The Sports Journalism Institute will bring its 10-day crash course in sports journalism to the Missouri School of Journalism beginning in June 2012. "I've known about the work of SJI for years, and the prospect of working more closely with the program is exciting," [...]
SJI returns to roots
SJI says thank you to the Poynter Institute. The Sports Journalism Institute got its start on a college campus. SJI's first class assembled on the campus of Norfolk State in 1993, where co-founder Leon Carter was teaching while on a sabbatical from Newsday. For the next two summers, classes were also conducted at universities--at Kansas [...]
The Seen: SJI alumni in Orlando
Check out our SJI alumni who were in Orlando for the Eastern Conference Finals last year.
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