Sports Journalism

Len Shapiro has been reporting for the Washington Post for more than 35 years, covering the NFL and Washington Redskins, professional golf and Tiger Woods, and the media.

Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today is that interesting mix of cross platform journalist with brings solid journalism credentials and skills to his work.

Your comment must be posted no later than 30 minutes before the Tuesday April 7 class.

You must include the URL of the column so that your classmates can read the column, too. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Nate Ewell heads the the Washington Capitals’ media relations staff. For the past two years, Nate’s group has received the Dick Dillman Award for the NHL’s Eastern Conference, given annually to the team judged to be the best in media relations by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association.

Well, they call him the Wise Guy, and if you don’t know why now, you never well.

As Eric Vitoff put it, Mike Wise‘s presentation (performance?) with us in class Tuesday was “stellar.” There were plenty of little lessons, and both Mike and I look forward to your comments here.

Since we have another speaker Thursday (Nate Ewell of the Washington Capitals), your deadline for this assignment is 30 minutes before class Thursday (March 26). Please remember your questions for Nate.

The picture is of Mike, his dog, and a young GWU law student who lent them an important helping hand a year ago. Just one of a number of stories Mike didn’t have time to share with us.

Your comment must be posted no later than 30 minutes before the Tuesday March 31 class.

You must include the URL of the column so that your classmates can read the column, too. Let me know if you have any questions.

The photo at the right is of New York Times sports columnist Harvey Araton, who Mike Wise mentioned on Tuesday in class. If you’re not familiar with Araton’s work, you should check it out.

Your comment must be posted no later than 30 minutes before the Tuesday March 24 class.

You must include the URL of the column so that your classmates can read the column, too. Let me know if you have any questions.

Our guests this week are Don Collins, a former assignment editor, and Julie Ward, the former deputy managing editor, of USA Today.

Before joining USAT, she was a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat, where she covered women’s sports and was a columnist. One of her fondest memories is covering future Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee and watching her practice running the hurdles set among potholes on the street in front of Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Ill.

Your comment must be posted no later than 30 minutes before the Tuesday March 17 class. Although you have two weeks to post, I hope you will follow through sooner than later.

You must include the URL of the column so that your classmates can read the column, too. Let me know if you have any questions.

Pictured above: George Vecsey, venerable New York Times columnist, who no one chose to follow this semester. So, I often post Vecsey columns on our class blog feed. Why do I like Vescey so much? He often writes about the meaning of sports, much like Robert Lipsyte used to do for the Times and occasionally for USA Today on the Op-Ed page.