Note: I’ve never hired anyone or been in a position to influence hiring for an on-air broadcast position. The following post is based on feedback I’ve received when applying for jobs, and also on advice I’ve received during my career. The days of a tape or CD demo reel are long gone, now it’s an…
Full credit to Michael Hirn for posting this on Twitter. The Bleacher Report’s Zachary Rymer recently posted a fascinating look at the life of a minor league baseball broadcaster with a dream of making it to the bigs. We all know how difficult it is for players, but it may be just as tough, if not…
The future voice of the LA Dodgers, and the man to replace the irreplaceable Vin Scully is Joe Davis. Announced late 2015, Davis will begin his career with the Dodgers calling select road games for the club as Scully transitions out of a position he’s held for the bulk of his life. He leaves behind…
The more years I’ve called games, the more I’ve come to believe that play-by-play broadcasting is like riding a bike. Once you learn it, get good enough to do it yourself, you never really forget it. Sure if a while goes by between games (ie: an off season), then it might take you a few…
Thanks to a recent post in the STAA Forums on hockey broadcasting, I got reminded of a fantastic resource from a very very good broadcaster. Phil Giubileo is the play-by-play announcer for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders. His website, http://www.playbyplay.biz serves both as a portfolio of his work,…
My background in this industry, the on-camera side of things at least, is all from the school of life and practical experience. I never majored in journalism at University, and outside of a part-time sports broadcasting course taught by two local TV anchors in Vancouver, I’ve never been to school for the journalism and on…
He’s one of broadcasting’s “good guys”. TSN reporter and Sportscentre anchor Nabil Karim has had a rapid but very well deserved rise to national television, and now he’s looking back on a wild start to a successful career with Canada’s sports leader. I had the opportunity to work with Nabil for a year or so…