About me

With the final project, there was so much I wanted to focus on between the Michigan Daily and sports journalism as a whole so I decided to highlight a couple different elements separately rather than one cohesive piece. I first researched the origins of sports journalism and how it took off as a profession. I then wanted to highlight different sports journalists who wrote for the Michigan Daily in college to showcase the impact that people who used to work the same positions I now hold can have on the media landscape. Finally, I wanted to end the piece with a personal narrative discussing my experiences as a Daily writer and my general feelings about sports journalism. 

 

My research process began with simple google searches about sports journalism and the different writers I wanted to focus on. But those searches led to deep dives that led me to a number of sources. I found a research paper by a student at Syracuse University titled, “Institutional Sports Journalism in the Digital Age” which was a launching point to learn more about the roots of sports journalism. Researching each of the writers was a unique rabbit hole to go down as I went to personal blog sites, articles, and even linkedin profiles to see what these writers had accomplished since their time at the Daily. I also used a Michigan Daily article that interviewed many former football beat writers and had them discuss their experience covering the Michigan-Ohio State game. My personal narrative was put together by looking back through old articles as well as pictures I took covering various sporting events. I thought about my experiences that I had working at the Daily and reflected on those in my writing — without a clear statement or end goal in the essay. It was fun to put together each of these sections and I am pleased with how it all turned out.