Writing is probably my favorite aspect of media that I've been involved in, and I've been fortunate enough to have gained a lot of experience doing it.
I started by being the main writer for the SportsTalk Radio Network's website, which gave me exposure to journalistic online sports writing I wouldn't have gotten otherwise. After solely doing that for two years, I started my own personal blog for a few months to try and expand on what I had learned.
I found that I really enjoyed the freedom that format gave me - the ability write about what I wanted to and express my opinions was something that I loved and took great pride in.
Fortunately, I was noticed and hired by Chat Sports in October, a personalized sports news website based out of San Fransisco to cover the Duke Blue Devils and the Charlotte Bobcats. This wasn't a paid position, but it gave me the chance to attach my name with a larger company that would help get my work and name seen by more readers.
I have now grown to becoming one of their four featured writers, and I am the lead on Chat Sports' coverage of both NCAA Basketball and the NBA. I also largely contribute stories that cover college football and the NFL as well, all of which I really enjoy.
While I cover college basketball as a whole, my main focus was on the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is where I did some of my most rewarding work. Here's the link to the article I wrote that previewed the ACC's conference tournament that was held in Greensboro.
I didn't get to go cover the tournament, but watching and reporting on all the games was still a really fun experience.
My NBA coverage has been forced to pick up over the past month as the league gears up for the start of the playoffs, and my boss put me in charge of writing previews for each team that made the postseason. Here's the one I wrote about the Los Angeles Clippers, whom I picked to win the championship.
There are links at the bottom of the article to a few other team preview I have written, but you can check out everything I have written for Chat Sports on my writer profile page.
Because of all the experience I have gotten, I've found that writing is the one thing I'm more passionate about than anything else, and am heavily pursuing this career path.
I started by being the main writer for the SportsTalk Radio Network's website, which gave me exposure to journalistic online sports writing I wouldn't have gotten otherwise. After solely doing that for two years, I started my own personal blog for a few months to try and expand on what I had learned.
I found that I really enjoyed the freedom that format gave me - the ability write about what I wanted to and express my opinions was something that I loved and took great pride in.
Fortunately, I was noticed and hired by Chat Sports in October, a personalized sports news website based out of San Fransisco to cover the Duke Blue Devils and the Charlotte Bobcats. This wasn't a paid position, but it gave me the chance to attach my name with a larger company that would help get my work and name seen by more readers.
I have now grown to becoming one of their four featured writers, and I am the lead on Chat Sports' coverage of both NCAA Basketball and the NBA. I also largely contribute stories that cover college football and the NFL as well, all of which I really enjoy.
While I cover college basketball as a whole, my main focus was on the Atlantic Coast Conference, which is where I did some of my most rewarding work. Here's the link to the article I wrote that previewed the ACC's conference tournament that was held in Greensboro.
I didn't get to go cover the tournament, but watching and reporting on all the games was still a really fun experience.
My NBA coverage has been forced to pick up over the past month as the league gears up for the start of the playoffs, and my boss put me in charge of writing previews for each team that made the postseason. Here's the one I wrote about the Los Angeles Clippers, whom I picked to win the championship.
There are links at the bottom of the article to a few other team preview I have written, but you can check out everything I have written for Chat Sports on my writer profile page.
Because of all the experience I have gotten, I've found that writing is the one thing I'm more passionate about than anything else, and am heavily pursuing this career path.
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