written by R.L. Bynum “End of Sport” podcast takes a critical look at issues surrounding athletics Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva already were talking about starting a podcast to spotlight issues of labor and sports, among others, for a while before the pandemic accelerated in March. Once sports shut down, it seemed like the perfect… Read more »
Tag: media
Media Musings: Podcast Revisits East Chapel Hill’s ’97 Title Season
written by R.L. Bynum Podcast brings to life East Chapel Hill’s improbable 1997 run to a state title Many sports writers realize soon after covering a magical March run that there is so much more to the story. Neil Amato, as The Herald-Sun’s prep sports editor in 1997, wasn’t just thinking about a couple of… Read more »
Media Musings: Covering Bobsled From the Bull City
written by R.L. Bynum Durham’s Childs shares his love of sliding sports with a worldwide audience You know you’ve slid into a nice niche when only two other people in the world do what you do. That’s the case for Durham’s Ken Childs, who reports on sliding sports — bobsled, skeleton and luge — on… Read more »
Media Musings: From NC to (eventually) DC–Rivera? Nah, Jhabvala.
written by R.L. Bynum Plans for medical school quickly shifted for Jhabvala with two UNC journalism classes Sometimes the timing of good news can also deliver a curveball. Nicki Jhabvala enjoyed covering the Denver Broncos for The Athletic and living near her parents, who moved from Cary to Colorado several years ago. She lived south… Read more »
Media Musings: Meet WRAL sports anchor Kacy Hintz
written by R.L. Bynum From Alaska to the Triangle, hockey has always been a big lure for WRAL’s Kacy Hintz Saying that Kacy Hintz paid her dues during her first full-time television job after college would be as much of an understatement as saying that it’s a little cold and remote in Alaska. She started… Read more »
Media Musings: Pope Christened As Next Wolfpack Beat Writer
written by R.L. Bynum Pope embraces challenge of following Giglio on N.C. State beat A milestone that most News & Observer readers probably didn’t notice was a proud one for two HBCU graduates. During the 2018 football season, Jonas Pope IV covered a Duke game on the same day that Jonathan Alexander reported from a… Read more »
Media Musings: Canes Bubble bound, But Most Media Reporting From Raleigh
written by R.L. Bynum Reporting from North Carolina will be norm for Hurricanes’ playoff coverage If something happens on the ice during a Carolina Hurricanes game in Toronto that’s not on camera, Michael Smith, the team’s in-house reporter, might be the only North Carolina-based reporter with first-hand knowledge of it. Anything the cameras miss isn’t… Read more »
Media Musings: Alexander, Don’t Forget To Write
written by R.L. Bynum Alexander’s plan to ascend to an NFL beat comes together quicker than he expected Among the most coveted beats for any sports writer with North Carolina roots are Duke men’s basketball, North Carolina men’s basketball and the Carolina Panthers. Some sports writers routinely cover all three teams. But no newspaper writer… Read more »