No matter what profession you are in, you have to understand the power, immediacy and permanency of new technology like Twitter.

Alan Goldenbach from the Washington Post visited class on Thursday and offered some sound tips on covering sports games. He also discussed why he likes covering high school sports over professional sports. The biggest reason Alan likes covering high school sports is because he can better connect with the players and coaches than at the […]

The headline of today and probably the NBA season is this: Jerry Sloan has decided to call it quits, resigning as head coach of the Utah Jazz Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. Sloan, an NBA player from 1965-1976, and most notably coach of the Jazz for 23 years, is one of the best NBA coaches ever […]

Grant Paulsen visited our Comm 371 class today to talk about how social media (mostly Twitter) has impacted the media and sports media specifically. The most important thing I took away from Grant’s visit was that it’s more important to be accurate than first when it comes to reporting news, especially when first starting out. […]

Maureen Nasser, Associate Athletic Director at George Mason University, visited our Sports Writing and Reporting class to speak about professionalism. She provided a lot of insight as to what is necessary to succeed and what constitutes professionalism. Dress the part: Dressing professionaly and appropriately demonstrates that you are serious about your job and that you […]

Eddie House was fined $25,000 for making an obscene gesture after making a 3-pointer against the Oklahoma City Thunder with 22 seconds left that eventually won the Heat the game. What was the “obscene” gesture? The problem with this fine? Other than the fact that Eddie’s imitation of Sam Cassell’s dance isn’t offensive except to […]