Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch recently tweeted a link to a report on Poynter.org that referenced the starting average salary for a Journalism School Graduate was a shade under 41k per year. Here’s the tweet in question: Poynter's @abeaujon has an update on the ‘average’ journalism grad’s salary:http://t.co/X77IL12o — Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 30, 2013 It …
Month: January 2013
Don’t be afraid to exit your ‘comfort zone’
One of the things that I noticed over the years working in pro hockey is that players often have a meticulous routine to their lives, especially on game day. Not unlike a military boot camp, a pro hockey player has a pretty standard routine on a game day, and some players are more particular than …
Broadcast demos – an inexact science
This is what many people call the “silly season” for minor league baseball announcers. Starting around October, and concluding over the next month or so, there’s the annual “broadcaster shuffle”. Basically it’s a combination of events that lead up to a decent number of job openings, both public and unadvertised. As a hockey broadcaster, my …
It’s all in the name, or is it the number—or is it both?
We’ve discussed game prep quite frequently on this blog, but one area that is a key to the success of any play-by-play announcer, especially on radio, is that they know the names of the players. There’s nothing more frustrating when you’re listening to a game on radio, and the play-by-play announcer has trouble identifying who …
Hockey Interviews – Stepping stones for broadcasters and players
First off I will take a minute to introduce myself – my name is Nate Lull and I am the play-by-play broadcaster for the NCAA Division-1 Men’s Hockey program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. The Golden Griffins play in the Atlantic Hockey Conference with other schools such as RIT, Air Force, and Holy Cross …