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AWSM staff report
The Association for Women in Sports Media hosted a Career Focus live chat with USA TODAY Sports reporter and former AWSM Board member Lindsay Jones on Friday, June 27.
Since January, Jones has covered some of sport’s biggest events, including the Sochi Olympics and Super Bowl. Jones answered questions, ranging from topics on sources, football, running and even World Cup. Continue reading this post.
By Grace Raynor
ORLANDO, Fla. — Every day, either by law or societal expectations, 32 million girls around the world don’t go to school.
That’s what Dr. Richard Lapchick, the founder of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, said May 23 at the first of many panels of the 2014 AWSM convention. Continue reading this post.
By Meri-Jo Borzilleri
The Association for Women in Sports Media is pleased to announce that longtime member and past AWSM president Joanne Gerstner has won the inaugural Ann Miller Service Award.
The award, named in honor of AWSM charter member and longtime treasurer Ann Miller, was presented at the annual convention in Orlando, Fla. Miller presented the award. Continue reading this post.
AWSM staff report
The results of the Association for Women in Sports Media’s 2014 election are in and AWSM’s new board members will assume their new positions this summer.
Headlining the transition is Jennifer Overman, AWSM’s new president. Overman has been a studio news editor at ESPN for more than five years. She has been on the AWSM board as the administration coordinator since 2012, and prior to that, held a variety of different roles on the board. Continue reading this post.
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