Sports & Social Media: AEJMC LIVE Chat Highlights

July 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Marie Hardin, Penn State, led a recent online chat on sports journalism and social media with guests, Malcolm Moran, Knight Chair for Sports Journalism and Society; Viv Bernstein, New York Times contributing correspondent for sports; Megan Hueter, founder, Women Talk Sports; and Brad Schultz, associate professor and researcher on sports reporters and new media. The following offers a selection of highlights from the chat.

View the full unedited transcript of “Sports & Social Media: Issues & Predictions” at AEJMC LIVE.

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Sports & Social Media CHAT July 22, 12:30pm EDT

July 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Blogs with commentary and rumors, Facebook posts with notes from athletes, Twitter updates with scores and even coach-specific YouTube channels represent some of the ways social media has changed sports and the way sports journalists do their jobs in recent years.

What do all the changes mean? And what’s next for the field?

Those questions and related issues will be addressed July 22 by professional journalists and scholars during an AEJMC LIVE online chat and panel discussion coordinated by AEJMC and the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. [Read more...]

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