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Beginning this month, AWSM’s newsletter will include a Q&A with one of our student chapter presidents and a chapter spotlight. For September – we are featuring James Madison president Amanda Byrd and the University of Missouri.
Year founded: 2013
Honors: 2015 AWSM Student Chapter of the Year
President: Hannah Husmann / O’Fallon, Mo. Continue reading this post.
Since 1990, AWSM has placed more than 140 female college students interested in sports media careers in paid summer internships working in broadcast production, broadcast reporting, print/digital reporting, magazine writing and public relations. All interns receive a $1,000 scholarship and complimentary registration and lodging at AWSM’s annual convention.
There are eight slots for the 2017 application. Continue reading this post.
Social media’s influence on jobs and lives, especially those of women who work in sports media, can be overwhelming.
Four panelists – Christy Chirinos of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Julie DiCaro of 670 The Score/Chicago sports radio, Alyson Footer of MLB.com and Maria Taylor, reporter for the SEC Network – along with moderator Vicki Michaelis of the University of Georgia, led a lively discussion of how they cope during the “Speaking Socially” breakfast panel at the AWSM 2016 convention. Continue reading this post.
Suzy Kolber wanted to be the quarterback of her Philadelphia youth football team in 1974, before parents threatened to shut down the league if she did not quit.
Today, her role as the host of ESPN’s Monday Night Football pregame show resembles that of a signal-caller, directing a team of analysts as they preview each week’s primetime matchup. Continue reading this post.
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