Let’s start a debate about social media language. In the past, Sportscaster Life has covered the various aspects of social media. How to create cool GIF content, great social media management tools, and social media party fouls…among other things. For the most part, when it comes to content and conduct online, the general rule of…
Having a college degree can be a major asset in your career. Studies suggest a college degree opens up more avenues for job growth, more high paying jobs and overall more opportunities in the work place. But what about sportscasting? How necessary is it to have a sportscasting degree? Several schools offer a sportscasting degree.…
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There are few challenges in sportscasting as demanding and unique as broadcasting professional wrestling, and one of the best is Mauro Ranallo. As we’ve discussed on Sportscaster Life before, professional wrestling is a perfect blend between drama and sports and allows for so much storytelling. It’s unique in the sense that in some cases you…
Ask any professional worth their salt and they’ll tell you the number one thing that is required in just about ANY industry to move up the ladder and succeed is networking. In movies and television, the saying is “it’s not what you know, but who you know”. In sportscasting, that rings even more true with…
Put yourself in Humboldt Broncos broadcaster Rory McGouran’s shoes at the start of the 2018/19 junior hockey season. You’re in your first year with a brand new team that suffered an unspeakable tragedy only months prior, resulting in the death of 16 people (including your predecessor) and severely injuring 13 more. Now your task is…
Being a sportscaster is perhaps one of the most unique jobs on the planet. Few people in the world get to experience the thrill of live sporting events with a microphone inches from their face. Few get to travel with athletes and tell stories to dedicated audiences. But not everyone can hack it in this…
Ten, or even five years ago, the notion of giving eSports the same attention and coverage as traditional sports would have been absurd. Who wants to watch people play games…and more importantly who wants to commentate that game play. However the growth of eSports broadcasting across the world can’t be ignored and is now a…
The single most important thing a broadcaster can do is prepare. You’ll see it all the time in spotting charts and research on teams and histories. Important match-ups or niche stats gleaned from hours of online digging. But it also rings true to the tech side of your broadcast, in particular having broadcast backups for…
The Rugby World Cup kicks off today in Japan. It’s the 7th most viewed sporting event on the planet, behind things like the Olympics, the soccer/football World Cup and the Tour de France…but well ahead of the World Series and any Superbowl. Here’s the list of the Top 10 most-watched sporting events based on worldwide…
