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Cole
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Worthington, MA
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Best place to starts for a sports management/communications major ?
Going into college as a communications major next year but wanna specifically do sports communication
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John Lowe
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Seal Beach, California
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John’s Answer
You can aim to join the student newspaper and/ or radio station and/or TV station to cover the school's sports. I also suggest you spend time each day studying sports communication. If you want to be an announcer, watch part of the game with the sound down, think how you would have called the plays, then go back and listen to how the announcers did. If you want to be a writer, study stories on games that you watched and see what the respective writers emphasized.
Barry Abrams
Host/producer - "In The Gate" thoroughbred podcast at ESPN
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Hi, Cole!
Thanks for reaching out. Obviously, there are a lot of factors that go into this question/answer. First of all, how much money is your family prepared to spend? How much of that might be scholarship money? How good are your grades, which translates into what college(s) will accept you?
The next question is what do you mean by “communication?” Are you looking to become a sportscaster? Do you want to be a camera operator? A PR person? Sport management?
I am a producer, and for that - as well as on-air - I am biased here, of course, but there is only one choice - Syracuse University/Newhouse School of Communications. That is the big league…period. Northwestern, Boston University, USC/Annenberg School of Journalism, Missouri, and Arizona State/Walter Cronkite School of Journalism are all top notch.
If you want to do more of the technical (cameras, audio, streaming), Ithaca College in New York is excellent, as is Syracuse. They use basically what we use here at ESPN.
I hope this helps. When you become my boss, be kind! That’s all I ask.
Best regards.
Barry Abrams
Thanks for reaching out. Obviously, there are a lot of factors that go into this question/answer. First of all, how much money is your family prepared to spend? How much of that might be scholarship money? How good are your grades, which translates into what college(s) will accept you?
The next question is what do you mean by “communication?” Are you looking to become a sportscaster? Do you want to be a camera operator? A PR person? Sport management?
I am a producer, and for that - as well as on-air - I am biased here, of course, but there is only one choice - Syracuse University/Newhouse School of Communications. That is the big league…period. Northwestern, Boston University, USC/Annenberg School of Journalism, Missouri, and Arizona State/Walter Cronkite School of Journalism are all top notch.
If you want to do more of the technical (cameras, audio, streaming), Ithaca College in New York is excellent, as is Syracuse. They use basically what we use here at ESPN.
I hope this helps. When you become my boss, be kind! That’s all I ask.
Best regards.
Barry Abrams
Amanda Gifford Lockwood
Sr. Coordinating Producer/VP at ESPN
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Bristol, Connecticut
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Amanda’s Answer
I would say a really important aspect of going to college is to get as much experience as you can. Get involved right away with as many things as you can handle (along with making sure your school responsibilities stay on task!). Can get involved with the athletics department, TV/Radio, etc. so that way you have a variety of experiences when you graduate, and it also helps narrow down what you're truly interested in and passionate about. There are people across all sports media entities who go to college in a variety of all different places, so I wouldn't feel as much pressure to go to a "big sports journalism school" but rather try to take advantage of all the different offerings that said school has. Hope that helps!