Monday, December 07, 2015

A Great Talk at the Newseum



A great panel discussion at the Newseum on Saturday about sports journalism:

Sports media criticism has become an industry – and some may say, a sport –unto itself, attracting millions daily to the online, broadcast and print discussions about how the games, people and business of sports are reported. Join in a discussion with some of the nation’s top sports media critics, and their critics, in program co-sponsored by the Newseum Institute and the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

Panelists:
Kevin Blackistone, ESPN, The Washington Post, and NPR
Christine Brennan, USA Today, ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR
Mark Hyman, author, sports journalist and George Washington University professor in sports law and sports media
Dan Steinberg, author, “DC Sports Bog” for The Washington Post
James Brady, new ESPN public editor, digital journalist and former sports and executive editor at WashingtonPost.com
Christy Winters Scott, host and analyst for Comcast SportsNet




Moderators:
George Solomon, director of the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the Phllip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland; former assistant managing editor for sports, The Washington Post; and former ESPN Ombudsman
Gene Policinski, Chief Operating Officer, Newseum Institute; and former Managing Editor/Sports, USA Today



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