We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous month as the PGMOL fumble numerous refereeing errors while Liverpool show compassion in support of Luis Díaz.
Read MorePitching your story to journalists and media outlets is an effective way to generate exposure and awareness, but it’s easy to make mistakes that can prevent your story from being covered.
Read MorePress releases can be invaluable for if done correctly, generating buzz, building brand awareness, and attracting new customers, investors, partners or participants.
Read MoreAs a young boy, I always wanted to be a journalist – the thought of writing about sport and sharing my match experiences with readers was the only job I ever dreamt of doing.
Read MoreThe Athletic launched recently to great fanfare recently with a number of top journalists leaving the comfort of Fleet Street and national publications to join the online sports publication.
Read MoreBack in my days as a journalist, I saw reporters filing quotes before conducting an interview and writing false stories with such conviction that they probably believed their tales to be true.
Read MoreWith Transfer Deadline Day almost upon us, football fans will be checking news feeds and, of course, Sky Sports News, for nuggets of information about star players their club are buying or trying to keep.
Read MoreDaily Mirror Chief Football Writer John Cross has been one of the UK’s leading sports journalists for more than 15 years and has seen many changes in the way journalists and sports organisations interact.
Read MoreI remember as a sports journalist at a training ground with the assembled media many years ago as rumours abounded that a French striker was going to sign for the club whose manager we were talking to.
Read MoreThere has been a great deal of controversy this week following a Daily Mail article which accused the father of Labour leader Ed Miliband of being a traitor, with a diary entry used as article evidence.
Read MoreAs a journalist I was taught that nothing is ever off the record. In the high pressure, fast paced world of media, getting a good story was always paramount, even if I never betrayed a valued source.
Read MoreThere's a commonly-held belief that Rupert Murdoch plays politics with his newspapers and his reach from London to Sydney gives him an incredible influence over politicians and voters across the world.
Read MoreThe great thing about the internet is that we can find out just about anything about just about anyone and on a more reasonable level, the web’s early moniker of the ‘information super highway’ has never been so apt.
Read MoreAs a former journalist, it pains me to see how the industry has developed over the last few years – freelance day rates have stagnated, circulations are down and staff are being asked to work across all titles.
Read MoreWith managers now earning almost as much as players, and the ‘England Expects’ moniker dished out ahead of any international competition, the focus on England and its manager is continually unrelenting.
Read MoreI’ve noticed recently that many journalists working for The Observer newspaper have started being bylined in The Guardian, its weekday sister newspaper, hinting at problems for the historic title.
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