Congratulations to Trevor Snell

Trevor Snell, SPJN class of 2014, is now a reporter and anchor at Q99 (CIKT) FM radio in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

            

Trevor did his four-week placement at Q99 in April and was offered the chance to stay on in a full-time capacity at the end of that month. Trevor came to the SPJN program after completing his diploma in sports administration at Durham College.

            
Congratulations Trevor.

Liam McGuire chosen as recipient of SPJN faculty award

Liam McGuire is the winner of the Sports Journalism program’s faculty choice award for the 2013-2014 academic year.

         

The G.P. Hunt Award recognizes the top graduate in the one-year, post-grad program for his or her leadership, enthusiasm, and high academic achievement.

            
Liam is from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He came to Loyalist after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
            
He is currently writing for TSN's BarDown and Canadian Baseball.
          

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.