Media Matters Blog

On a typical day, Joey Lamar, a 2013 Sports Journalism Master’s graduate, visits local high schools, colleges, and other venues to gather information and stories about area sports teams. Lamar has been the Sports Director at KXMB in Bismarck, North Dakota, since 2017. “My experience at KXMB has been truly amazing,” he said. “I wish …

Frank Bonner, a ’20 graduate of the Sports Journalism Master’s program at IUPUI, recently celebrated a year of employment at his job as an Oklahoma State University beat writer for Tulsa World. “Covering college or professional sports has been my dream since high school,” Bonner said. “My job is to cover all things OSU.” He …

As a public information specialist at the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), Casey Kenworthy’s job has become more important than ever since the COVID-19 crisis began. Kenworthy, B.A.J. ‘18, works two days a week in the Joint Information Center (JIC) and one day a week in the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC), in addition …

Alex Burr, a May 2020 graduate, has created a network of podcasts called The Running Hook. In addition to his own podcast, Burr’s network has launched four other shows: Lynn-Sanity with senior Caleb Lynn; The Circle City Chatroom with Zach Griffith, B.A.J. ‘20, and Bret Sexton, recent IUPUI graduate; The Battleground with JD Hall and …

David Song, an M.A. in Sports Journalism student, was recently named a member of the Sports Journalism Institute, a program that strives to help women and minorities get into newsrooms, for 2020. Song will intern at USA Today Sports this fall. “When Professor Malcolm Moran recommended I apply for SJI, I assumed I wouldn’t make …