First Blog for Jour Class

Dr. Lambiase, like most of my 100+ classmates, I was a little late on posting my first few blogs because I didn’t understand what we were supposed to blog on.

I sincerely appreciate that you said in class Friday, September 21 that it was okay if we wrote our first three blogs from the first three weeks right now and they wouldn’t be counted as late.

First blog:

I enjoy sports. There’s just no way around it. I guess you could say I am a sports nut, a sports junkie. Everything of that nature and everything in between. I bring this up because I really enjoyed one of the first major discussions we had in class. In was either the first or second class, I can’t recall. I think it was the first.

We discussed women in sports reporting. Specifically we talked about them as sideline reporters for NFL games. Many people shared their comments on the issue in class. I was one of them.

I agree that the women in those segments are often viewed as just a cute face asking simple questions and in my opinion that is wrong. I also think that such a trend is only seen in NFL games and that female journalists working for several other media outlets are valued and respected.

Chief among them is ESPN. ESPN often has women featured prominently on SportsCenter, their flagship show. These women have major assignments on big stories. They are also anchors on the show itself. Women may be devalued on NFL sidelines, but that does not mean that’s the way it is in the entire sports world.