Being a homer is one of my sportscasting pet peeves. Sportscasters are story tellers first and foremost, so I always wonder how homer sportscasters can tell that story properly while being so slanted in one direction or another. Whether it’s the other team, your team or the refs, taking focus away from the game, the…
Entering the world of sportscasting can be a very exciting time. You’ve put in countless hours of volunteer and contract work and you’re on the verge of starting your brand new sportscasting job. Like parenting, it’s the dawn of a new era. One of a lot of long hours and very little sleep. So today…
Finally getting your big break and calling games at the highest level your sport has to offer is a daunting enough task. Making that step up to the ‘next’ and highest level is difficult for anyone involved in the game, whether you’re a player, coach, official or broadcaster. However the task becomes next to impossible…
There is lots and lots and LOTS of talk about getting hired in Sportscasting. Take a look at the top Google searches for sportscasting and many of them are about jobs and careers in this industry. But few in this industry have the opportunity to retire after a long and successful career…many are fired or…
They say that it doesn’t matter how good you are, how much experience you have…there’s always someone younger and cheaper ready to take your job. So sportscasters of the world, let us introduce you to a pair of TEN YEAR OLD sportscasters who are already calling high school sports and getting pretty good at it.…
One of the more popular media choices for teams and sportscasters over recent years is actually something quite old. Creating GIF highlights for easy sharing on social media is a great way to share special moments in a timely and immersive way. GIF’s play automatically on many popular social media platforms and are very easy…
One of the biggest advances in sportscasting over the last few years has been the accessibility of live broadcasting video online. What started out with a platform like Periscope, has evolved into wide reaching access to both Facebook Live and YouTube Live Streaming. Both platforms allow you to be ‘on the air’ instantly from your…
When the NHL first started pushing outdoor games, they were something special. A New Years festival of hockey in its purest form. What made them even more fun to watch was the lead up to the game where we’d get the HBO 24/7 series. It was a documentary series that took viewers behind the scenes…
Using Google to help in your career is given in this day and age. Think back…has there been a game where you’ve prepped and NOT done at least one search on Google for a player, a team, a coach or a venue? It’s ingrained in our society of use Google everyday, and it’s become as…
There’s an old saying in sportscasting…it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Networking and self promotion can be crucial in landing higher level jobs and those opportunities are often presented without public postings if there is a candidate in waiting that’s known to someone in a hiring position. Think about it…why sift through…