Three Favourite Sportscasting Books

I’m not a big reader. Outside of keeping up with league and team news via websites and blogs, I don’t find much joy in it. When I do read, it’s always non-fiction and it’s usually a biography. Over the years I’ve been able to collect a fair number of sports broadcasting books, a few of…

Top 3 Video Editors for Sportscasters

Video is a powerful tool in the sportscasting industry. I’ve been lucky enough to have taken a bit of a different route than most, doing some extensive technical training in television production before getting involved in play-by-play. That training included real-world work on a variety of different editing platforms ranging from free consumer products, all…

Podcasting: Boom or Bust?

Podcasting is one that is both quite old, and relatively new. “Podcasts” have been around for over a decade, however it has never been easier or cheaper for anyone to start their own podcast…a right first reserved for major studios or big budgets. Farhad Manjoo with the New York Times has penned an article looking…

Tips for Better Sounding Interviews

Interviews are a broadcaster’s bread and butter…and can often make or break a broadcast. A good interview will draw people in to a game, a bad one will send them running. While content, research and preparation are extremely important, the technical side of an interview is extremely important too, and when it comes to technical…

Calculating your Freelance Rate

Freelancing is becoming more and more popular in many industries including broadcasting where announcers can work for several different teams, covering a variety of different sports at any one time. While many of these situations will see the team dictate the remuneration paid to the announcer, the dreaded question of “what’s your freelance rate” is…

Emrick’s Game 5 Scoresheet

Known for his extensive vocabulary and his unique delivery of the game, lead NBC announcer Doc Emrick is often considered in a class of his own. And unlike many announcers, he has not adopted social media to the extent of having his own Twitter account (unfortunately @DocinRealLife isn’t him). This means that any glimpses into…

SI Media Podcast with Emrick, Brothers

Richard Deitsch with SI has created a gem of a podcast for broadcasters both professional and aspiring. As of this writing, he’s 6 episodes into the “SI Media Podcast” where he interviews some of the key figures in sports media. What is most enjoyable about the podcast is that he doesn’t just focus on one…