Sometimes when networking or building a book of connections, we forget that it’s not only coaches who can help us advance our careers and improve our calls. It’s no secret that sportscasters are sometimes left out of the loop regarding team news. Trades, new players, and special circumstances always seem to pop up and it’s…
Ask any professional worth their salt and they’ll tell you the number one thing that is required in just about ANY industry to move up the ladder and succeed is networking. In movies and television, the saying is “it’s not what you know, but who you know”. In sportscasting, that rings even more true with…
Anyone who’s known me long enough knows that since high school, some 13 years ago, I’ve always had a small notebook tucked in my back pocket. It’s something I have on me every day and it wasn’t until very recently that I realized how important that pocket notebook is to my career. Since it became…
Being a sportscaster is perhaps one of the most unique jobs on the planet. Few people in the world get to experience the thrill of live sporting events with a microphone inches from their face. Few get to travel with athletes and tell stories to dedicated audiences. But not everyone can hack it in this…
There’s a trend in the broadcasting and the media world which might have many of us scared. More and more teams are axing the play-by-play role and opting to forgo any formal broadcast. It’s becoming popular in the lower levels of sports as teams look to trim the budget, citing “financial reasons” as to why…
How do I get my dream job? The million-dollar question above has been asked for years and many people provide different answers depending on their experience. Like many, I’ve grappled with the idea of how to get from Point A to Point B in a timely fashion. Many of us in the broadcasting industry try…
As sportscasters, we’re often told to vary our words and phrases to keep viewers/listeners engaged and sometimes the inspiration to say new things lies in other sports than the one(s) we regularly cover. We’re also told, despite it seeming like common sense, that there’s always room for improvement when it comes to our sportscasting. For me, I…
A while back, we discussed the importance of secondary skills in sportscasting, the notion that sportscasters could no longer just rely on being the voice of a team, station or school, and that they needed to bring more to the table…especially when it comes to securing full time, broadcast related employment. So by now you…
Today we’re back and talking about secondary skills. It’s been over a month since Sportscaster Life saw some new content posted. A website that has prided itself on producing regular, weekly content dropped off substantially through late February and into March and the reasoning is a great message and lesson learned about sportscasting. Since the…
As one year closes and another one begins, many people often look ahead to the year to come and set resolutions or goals for the coming 12 months. No doubt many goals for sportscasters will be to improve their craft and move up to the next level…however actually doing that can be a struggle. So…