Happy New Year!

Yeah, we said it. HAPPY NEW YEAR! WOOOO! We are happy to see 2020 go, as it was a tough road for so many in this world. We are still not out of the woods with COVID and the economy, but we see hopeful signs of recovery and healing on the horizon. So what does…

WE ARE BACK!

Yes, yes, yes! Classes may be online, and a lot of us are all around Michigan and the country…but MSU Sports JRN is back in effect for 2020-21 school year. What YOU can do to get involved: Network: talk to Profs. Gerstner and Dickerson about tapping into MSU Sports JRN’s huge network of amazing alumni….

We have a change in programming…(no kidding)

Hey Sports JRN family… So you’re home. You’re doing classes online. Sports are canceled. You’re wondering what’s next. We know. But we’re here to tell you that the world will come back online, sports will be played (hopefully soon), and we will all get back to the things we love in sports journalism. In the…

And another one!

We are rolling through 2019, with more amazing things happening for our students and faculty. Congratulations to our Sports JRN students who recently won Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Michigan Press Association and Broadcast Education Association contests. Our list: (BEA): Michael Epps, Award of Excellence, for Television Feature Sports story (MPA) – The State News staffers….Kara…

Going to work…

MSU Sports Journalism loves to do real world opportunities at every turn, so it was a no-brainer that we HAD to cover the Pistons-Cavaliers game at the Breslin Center on Oct. 12. Seven MSU Sports Journalism students, plus former NBA beat writer/Prof. Joanne Gerstner, went through pre-game interviews; met with Detroit Free Press beat writer…

One Shining Moment…for Sports JRN!

    The MSU men’s basketball team may have fallen short of winning the title, but we are claiming the sports media championship for MSU Sports JRN. We had more than 20 students at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit, working from March 15-18, as reporters, play-by-play/color for IMPACT radio, correspondents for our Spartan Sports Report…

Are you going for it?

Every day brings many choices. Coffee or tea? Spotify or Pandora? Park here, or there? Same applies to your career. Are you looking at the opportunities before you, and making the right choices to advance? Are you frequently checking this website for jobs and internships? Are you part of MSU JRN’s closed internship facebook group…

JRN418 covers community/MSU for WKAR

Our Sports JRN418 class is focused on the real world – we see it as a bridge from moving from being a college journalist to a professional one. JRN418 works closely with WKAR Current Sports, covering club sports and the greater Lansing sports community.   Students also help with Current Sports on the radio…check the…

WELCOME!

It is the start of another school year, and we’re always excited to welcome back our upperclass students, and welcome our new students to MSU Sports JRN! We wish all of you the best this year, and hope you will get involved to make the most of your MSU experience. Here are some things to…

Come see us at Big Ten Journalism Day!

MSU Sports Journalism will be a big part of the Big Ten Journalism Day on Dec. 11 day at the School of Journalism. Come meet our students and professors who are the best in sports journalism – print, broadcast, social media and visual. For more information, go to JRN.MSU.EDU!!