teeside uni write up
I visited Teeside Uni on the 9th May, and I went to a number of talks about sports journalism and everything alike.
The first talk was by a journalist from The Sports Bible, he talked about the inner workings of the social media business. He told us how certain that he was of the career path the had chosen and how much he would recommend it to others.
Another talked about his experiences with jobs that his position had shown him in the past, for example he talked about visiting oil rigs. He mentioned that there were exciting attributes to his job, as well as the times being flexible, which was necessary due to his personal life.
As well as the sports journalism course was shown to be for younger people rather than that of older, this is due to the amount of social media and online presence needed for the role.
To begin the visit though our personal details were taken. These included an email address, names, dates of birth and a phone number.
This was done to help further our knowledge on the university and the courses they offer.
A brief tour of the university was shown and staff were introduced, for example journalists and media culture representatives.
one lecturer told a story about Raoul Moat. she told the story of how she was invited to the crime scene and all the insurances that had to be made, as well as the safety measures that had to be taken.
The picture above shows the Campus of Middlesborough. I learned many things from this experience like a good way to begin a career in sports journalism is to begin freelance, as well as this, the hours that a journalist works are very flexible and reliable, however this can quickly change if a large news story appears.
But this visit mostly helped me on deciding that I would like a career in sports journalism
The first talk was by a journalist from The Sports Bible, he talked about the inner workings of the social media business. He told us how certain that he was of the career path the had chosen and how much he would recommend it to others.
Another talked about his experiences with jobs that his position had shown him in the past, for example he talked about visiting oil rigs. He mentioned that there were exciting attributes to his job, as well as the times being flexible, which was necessary due to his personal life.
As well as the sports journalism course was shown to be for younger people rather than that of older, this is due to the amount of social media and online presence needed for the role.
To begin the visit though our personal details were taken. These included an email address, names, dates of birth and a phone number.
This was done to help further our knowledge on the university and the courses they offer.
A brief tour of the university was shown and staff were introduced, for example journalists and media culture representatives.
one lecturer told a story about Raoul Moat. she told the story of how she was invited to the crime scene and all the insurances that had to be made, as well as the safety measures that had to be taken.
The picture above shows the Campus of Middlesborough. I learned many things from this experience like a good way to begin a career in sports journalism is to begin freelance, as well as this, the hours that a journalist works are very flexible and reliable, however this can quickly change if a large news story appears.
But this visit mostly helped me on deciding that I would like a career in sports journalism
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