Do a search on sports broadcasting, and the number one question that pops up EVERYWHERE is ‘how do I become a sportscaster’? Sure it comes in variations with focuses more on play by play, or sports talk, or reporting, but the general thought is the same…how do I get on this wonderful crazy ride that…
Hi, I’m Logan Anderson, I’m a sportscaster from South Dakota. Alex has invited me to write about the challenges of doing play-by-play for an unfamiliar sport for the first time. Perhaps it’s ironic that on a site that’s run by a professional hockey broadcaster, the sport I tried was in fact hockey. I’ll start by…
In this quick tip video, I show you how to use conditional formatting in Microsoft Excel to highlight key statistics in several different fashions. It’s a useful technique when looking at large amounts of information.
A Twitter follower, Joey Keeran (@joeykeeran) posted on Twitter last week a photo of his DIY audio dampening setup to file reports for his team/radio station. It’s an ingenious solution as hotel rooms can be very echoey and judging by the background in his picture there seems to be a lot of hardwood and other types…
Getting honest feedback on your work can be one of the toughest things to obtain. Friends and family often hold back in fear of offending you and fans might not be knowledgeable about the ins and outs of sportscasting. I’ve found though over the years that I’m my harshest critic, and going back to listen…
In the first of my Sunday Quick Tip series, a look at using Skype for Sports Broadcasters.
I’ve been enjoying reading Logan Anderson’s blog, “Say the Damn Score” over the last few weeks. A recent post really hit home for me, as Logan outlined his 8-step guide to surviving those long bus trips. His trips are a little different than mine, I think by comparison I’m quite fortunate. I do three long trips…
I want to tell a story, about how I got my first real job in sports broadcasting. It was a job that I was drastically under-qualified for and one that I felt I hadn’t gotten and had even given up on during the process…but I followed up my initial application and have been in the…
In the summer of 2011, I had a great opportunity to try something new. Prince George, BC (where I was living at the time) was hosting an international baseball tournament featuring teams from Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Cuba and Japan. It was a huge event for the city, hosting major teams with players who have…