National Sports Journalism Center
National Sports Journalism Center
| File:Diversity99.jpg Sports reporters discuss diversity in the newsroom at a NSJC event. | |
| Type | Journalism program |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Indiana University |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | 535 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis, IN 46202  United States |
| Website | National Sports Journalism Center |
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The National Sports Journalism Center is a journalism program run by Indiana University and a resource center for sports media professionals. The center, based at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, [1] currently offers undergraduate-level sports journalism courses and plans on offering graduate-level sports journalism courses in January 2010 and, hopefully, a full-fledged master's degree program by Fall 2010. [2]
The center, founded in early 2009, also hosts events on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. It held its first event, a forum on the effects of hype and evolving media pressures on sports reporting, in March 2009. [3] It held a second panel discussion on diversity in the sports media industry in September 2009 [4]
Former Chicago Tribune sports editor Tim Franklin leads the center, which also includes instructors William F. "Billy" Reed, former Sports Illustrated senior writer; and Pamela Laucella, author of Jesse Owens, the Press and the 1936 Berlin Olympics and co-author of Strategic Sport Communication.
The center is also home to the Associated Press Sports Editors, [5] the nation's largest sports media organization.
References
- ^ IUPUI School of Journalism http://journalism.iupui.edu
- ^ National Sports Journalism Center http://sportsjournalism.org/our-programs/
- ^ Hype and Media Pressure in the Sports Industry http://journalism.indiana.edu/news/sports-journalists-debate-effects-of-hype-evolving-media-pressures/
- ^ "From the Press Box to the Locker Room: The Diversity Divide." http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/panel-sports-coverage-hurting-from-lack-of-diversity-in-newsrooms/
- ^ AP Sports Editors http://www.apsportseditors.org