Whether it’s pre-game intros or scripted reports, we’ve all had to voice over some elements for our broadcasts. They can go easily or be long-drawn out affairs if you’re unable to spit out all the words in the correct order. I’ve always found it difficult to make an edit in my voice over tracks that…
It’s common wisdom for athletes to cross-train. Seldom to the world’s best focus strictly on one sport, twelve months a year…they branch out, they try new things. New sports work new muscles and develop new skills and it can be the same for sportscasters. But what specifically can you learn from broadcasting different sports? We’ve…
Losing your sportscasting job is a horrible feeling. Whether you’re fired, laid off or squeezed out, losing your ability to broadcast live sports can leave a huge hole in your life both personally and professionally. In the spring of 2019, I was laid off from my sportscasting job, one that I’d held for 8 years,…
Recently I had the opportunity to speak to a high school class on the nature about sportscasting. The class was filled with grade 10 and 11 students who were being introduced to a variety of new and interesting careers. After I was invited, I actively wondered what an aspiring sportscaster would ask me. I remember…
At times, being on the road can be rather stressful for a sportscaster. Whether it’s a new venue that you’ve never been to before or maybe it’s somewhere you’ve been hundreds of times but the Wi-Fi is always on the fritz or the vantage point is awful. In times like these, it’s nice to have…
Sometimes when networking or building a book of connections, we forget that it’s not only coaches who can help us advance our careers and improve our calls. It’s no secret that sportscasters are sometimes left out of the loop regarding team news. Trades, new players, and special circumstances always seem to pop up and it’s…
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…
Anyone who’s known me long enough knows that since high school, some 13 years ago, I’ve always had a small notebook tucked in my back pocket. It’s something I have on me every day and it wasn’t until very recently that I realized how important that pocket notebook is to my career. Since it became…
A while back, we discussed the importance of secondary skills in sportscasting, the notion that sportscasters could no longer just rely on being the voice of a team, station or school, and that they needed to bring more to the table…especially when it comes to securing full time, broadcast related employment. So by now you…
Today we’re back and talking about secondary skills. It’s been over a month since Sportscaster Life saw some new content posted. A website that has prided itself on producing regular, weekly content dropped off substantially through late February and into March and the reasoning is a great message and lesson learned about sportscasting. Since the…