Breaking Into The Industry: The SportzEdge Effect
The résumé is a important piece of paper; and what someone puts on their résumé could make or break their chances at landing their dream job. Education and student organizations can only go so far in this field. It is the internships and real world experience that speak volume.
That is where SportzEdge comes in.
Photo Courtesy of sportzedge.com
SportzEdge is a website powered by News 8 and WTNH.com. The site, which has the form of a blog, contains both news and opinion articles about sports, with an increased focus on Connecticut. The site gets contributions from more than 50 individual writers from all over the state.
As listed on their site, contributors include Kels Dayton, the executive producer and editor of SportzEdge.com and News 8 Sports Anchors John Pierson, Erik Dobratz, and Noah Finz. The contributors list also features students in college.
Michael Sivo, a student at the University of Connecticut, started contributing for SportzEdge beginning in June. Sivo is one of those students looking to break into the industry after graduation.
(Michael Sivo’s First Article – “How Will UConn Fare in the AAC?”)
Sivo believes contributing for SportzEdge gives him an advantage over students who are not taking extra initiative.
“Professors and advisors have been preaching for you to expand your horizons, and this resume boost that I get from contributing to SportzEdge is a unique skill that I think a lot of news outlets would like to see,” Sivo said.
As a member of UCTV, Sivo has already taken steps toward bettering himself in this field. SportzEdge is adding to the effort.
“Having the opportunity to write for SportzEdge has been a blessing in every way,” Sivo stated, “It has allowed me to think deeply about a multitude of sports topics and help me pursue a career in sports journalism.”
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You can check out Michael Sivo’s articles on SportzEdge.com
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Nice and easy to read post, John. Though I admit, I still question the validity of the SportzEdge website, and I still don’t feel all that convinced about it. Nonetheless, really nice, and punctual as well.
Nice look at some of the up-and-coming media in Connecticut. It’s good that you talked to a contributor but one of the anchors or the executive producer would have added to the article. Pretty good sentence length. Not many run long and the ones that do are broken up by shorter sentences.