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Deadline extended for AWSM Pioneer Award nominations
AWSM looking for next Pioneer Don’t delay: Nomination deadline Dec. 2 for 2012 Mary Garber Pioneer Award For a decade, the Association for Women in Sports Media has honored giants in the field of journalism with the Mary Garber Pioneer Award. Each year, a worthy recipient is recognized for her distinguished work in the industry more »
AWSM ready to accept member applications for Mid-Career Training Grant
AWSM MEMBER TRAINING GRANT 2011-2012 For Members of the Association for Women in Sports Media Deadline: Nov. 20, 2011 The Association for Women in Sports Media wants to help ensure its mid-career members have the skills and knowledge to adapt to the challenging and evolving media landscape and meet their career goals. Through funding from more »
AWSM establishes scholarship in honor of Emmy-winning ESPN producer Leah Siegel
The Association for Women in Sports Media is pleased to announce the establishment of the Leah Siegel Scholarship in honor of the Emmy-winning ESPN television producer, who passed away in July 2010 at age 43. Sports journalism played a large part in Leah’s life. Her parents, Myra MacPherson and Morrie Siegel, were journalists in Washington more »
AWSM president Amy Moritz: Media organizations need to keep an eye on reader comments
Albany Times Union columnist Jennifer Gish received a slew of sexist messages in a response to a column she wrote about the Buffalo Bills. Amy Moritz responds on behalf of AWSM.
Founded in 1987, the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) is a worldwide organization of more than 600 women and men (professional and student) employed in sports writing, editing, broadcast and production, PR and sports information.
