Grads Get Great Jobs

Loyalist Sports Journalism grads get great jobs

- Digital sports producer, USA Today, Los Angeles

- Sports anchor, play-by-play, 90.5 FM radio, Peterborough

- News editor, theScore, Toronto

- Sports anchor, reporter, NTV, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Award-winning filmmaker, videographer, Miyazaki, Japan
- Communications coordinator, Golf Association of Ontario

Filmmaker Focus: Matt Westcott

Matt Westcott, SPJN class of 2010, is the subject of a recent “Filmmaker Focus” interview on the London Surf and Film Festival Web site. 

Matt’s latest film, Good Morning Miyazaki, was featured at several film festivals last fall, including one in Hammersmith, England, and in Lisbon, Portugal.

To check out the trailer for Good Morning Miyazaki and Matt’s interview, click here:

http://www.londonsurffilmfestival.com/matt-westcott/

Calling for Recruits

The Loyalist College Sports Journalism Class of 2014 says try it, they liked it.
Check out their individual video blogs by clicking on this blog post.
Find out more about the Loyalist College Sports Journalism Program at the college website.
To become a member of the Class of 2015, you need to register for the the new semester that begins in September, 2014.
Are you ready to apply? All applications to Loyalist College are processed through ontariocolleges.ca.
Applications are now being accepted for the post-graduate Sports Journalism program.

Curtain Call

Colton Wiens, Austin McKay and Danny Wright

This is the curtain call edition of the Talktagon for the Sports Journalism Class of 2014.

This is the final show of the semester for students in the post-graduate program.  They are off to their internships at the end of next week.

Topics today are the end of the season playoff push for the Belleville Bulls,  picks for the NHL playoffs, NFL free agency, Phil Jackson and March Madness.

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The Talktagon is sportstalk with Loyalist College post-graduate Sports Journalism students.  This show is on the air on 91X-FM at 2:30pm on Friday, March 7, 2014.

Here's Why I'm Glad I Chose Loyalist

Matt Paglia is a student in the post-graduate Sports Journalism Program at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario.

We're looking for sports journalists of the future.  Loyalist College is currently accepting applications for the Class of 2015 in the program.

Find out more about the Loyalist College Sports Journalism Program at the college website.

Are you ready to apply? All applications to Loyalist College are processed through ontariocolleges.ca.

Applications are now being accepted for our program.

 

Sports Journalists of the Future Required

We're looking for sports journalists of the future.  Loyalist College is currently accepting applications for its post-graduate Sport Journalism Program.

Members of the industry are passionate about Loyalist and the program as you can tell from this brief promotional video.

Todd Hayes, senior producer at TSN in Toronto, and Bill Cooney, sports content unit coordinator at CBC Sports in Toronto, are both graduates of Loyalist College. Both are currently members of the one-year, post-grad Sports Journalism program’s advisory committee.

Colton Wiens is a student in the SPJN class of 2014.

Find out more about the Loyalist College Sports Journalism Program at the college website:

http://www.loyalistcollege.com/programs-and-courses/full-time-programs/sports-journalism

Talktagon Trade Deadline

Trevor Snell, Liam McGuire and Matt Paglia
recovering from the Talktagon

This edition of the Talkagon features verbal sparring on the NHL trade deadline, the Belleville Bulls playoff chances, Blue Jays pitching and a brief farewell to the Lancers.

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The Talktagon is sportstalk with Loyalist College post-graduate Sports Journalism students.  This show is on the air on 91X-FM at 2:30pm on Friday, March 7, 2014.

110% Lancers

It is all Loyalist all the time on this edition of 110% Sports.

Volleyball Award Winners

Patrick Kalala

You``ll hear feature reports on the award winning Lancers players, a farewell to Patrick Kalala and a feature interview with Loyalist Athletic Director Jim Buck.

110% Sports is a feature presentation of Loyalist College post-graduate Sports Journalism students.

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Catching Up with Kristen Shilton

Kristen Shilton, class of 2011, is now a digital producer with USA Today Sports in Los Angeles.

Kristen, who completed her Masters degree in journalism at Syracuse University after graduating from the SPJN program, was previously working for the Chicago Wolfe hockey team in Chicago.

Moving on Up...Way Up!

Byron Hackett, class of 2013, is on the move. After eight months at the Melfort Journal in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Byron has just accepted a new job as a sports reporter at the Alaska Highway News. It's in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Byron says he's excited and looking forward to this latest adventure. 

Spring Training? Spring Open House

Loyalist College will be hosting not one, but two Open House sessions this spring.

The first is Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The second will be Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

If you're in the neighbourhood, interested in finding out more about the one-year, post-grad Sports Journalism program, please visit us on one of those dates. Meet in the gymnasium in the Kente Building. We'll take it from there and give you a tour of the College's Digital Media Centre and the SPJN Bullpen.

If you can't make on one of those two dates, please go to the Loyalist College Web site (www.loyalist.ca) and click on the link to book a visit.

Sportswire - Episode 2

The second edition of The Sportswire features stories on Snowfest in Marmora, the return to Belleville of ex-Bull Brendan Gaunce and thumb wrestling in Oshawa.  
The Sportswire is produced by Sports Journalism students at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario.