The Sports Media Student Podcast: Recent Episodes
Rob Rose
If you're trying to figure out how to start a career in the sports media industry or learn more about the career path, this is the podcast for you.
Join host Rob Rose as he explains how to begin a career in the highly competitive field of sports through personal stories, lessons learned from mentors and interviews with professionals.
In this episode, Rob talks to George Stoia about how he became an award-winning journalist, dealing with self-doubt, considering quitting journalism twice and George offers advice for aspiring writers.
Follow George on Twitter @GeorgeStoia.
Another episode here where I speak to a college sports media class. This talk was different than the previous episode since we focused on a few different career paths in the industry and I gave some advice about how to get internships and stand out during the interview process. If you enjoyed the episode or didn't, let me know why anywhere on social media @RobRoseSports.
Welcome back. It's been 10 months since an episode was released, but the wait is over. In this episode I speak to a York College of Pennsylvania sports PR class about what makes a good story pitch, why it's important to make personal connections with the reporters covering your organization and general questions about journalism. If you have any questions after listening and want to reach out, send me a message anywhere on social media @RobRoseSports.
In this episode, Rob and Mirin dive deep into the beginning of her career and discuss the journey she took to get to Bleacher Report and the work it took to get there. Mirin also talks about being a judge for The Big Scribble writing contest and gives her advice to aspiring feature writers.
Follow Rob on social media at: @RobRoseSports
Follow Mirin on Twitter at: @MirinFader
Learn about The Big Scribble at: https://thebigscribble.com
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode Rob talks to Mike Couzens about why it's important to start out calling games on the radio, the challenges of building a career in a subjective field and Mike gives his advice to aspiring broadcasters.
Follow Mike on Twitter at: @MikeCouzens.
Follow Rob on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at: @RobRoseSports.
Music Provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, Rob talks to Graham Foley about landing top internships with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Phillies, the sacrifices and mentality required to get into a position to build a resume while in college and Graham gives his advice to aspiring writers.
Follow Graham on Twitter at: @graham_foley3.
Follow Rob on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at: @RobRoseSports.
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, Rob and David discuss David's unique start to a sports writing career, using Twitter as a journalist in 2020 and David gives his advice to aspiring feature writers.
Follow Rob on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at: @RobRoseSports
Follow David on Twitter at: @byDavidGardner and find his latest work for BR at https://bleacherreport.com/users/104765-david-gardner
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, Rob talks to Justin Toscano about the challenges and benefits of covering an MLB team at 23 years old, how difficult it has been to move away from his hometown of San Diego, California, to pursue his career and Justin gives his best advice to aspiring sports writers.
Follow Rob Rose on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @RobRoseSports. Follow Justin Toscano on Twitter at @JustinCToscano. You can find Justin's latest stories at: https://www.northjersey.com/staff/2647323001/justin-toscano/
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, Rob discusses the importance of learning how to manage your time properly before you have the responsibilities of a job and bills to pay and how planning ahead allowed him to maintain a 3.9 GPA during his senior year while managing two internships, 18 credits per semester and running the sports section of his student newspaper.
Follow Rob on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram at @RobRoseSports.
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, Rob discusses why it's important not to get caught up worrying about how many likes, clicks or comments your work gets early in your career and explains how by changing his mindset he went from a student that was on academic probation at Penn State to graduating Summa Cum Laude from Rider University.
Follow Rob Rose on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @RobRoseSports.
Music courtesy of Copyright Free Music.
In this episode, Rob explains the different types of interviews you can conduct, the importance of researching your interview subject and why follow-up questions are the difference between getting A story and THE story from an interview.
Follow Rob on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at @RobRoseSports.
Music provided by CFM Productions.
In this episode, host Rob Rose explains why it's important to discover why you want to get into sports media before you begin your career and explains some steps to get started whether you're in high school, college or in another career.
Follow Rob on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @RobRoseSports.
Music provided by CFM Productions.
Welcome to the debut episode of the Sports Media Student Podcast. In this episode, host Rob Rose explains what the podcast's topic is, what the podcast will cover and how his background in sports media can help students interested in the industry begin their careers. Rob covers why and how he got into sports media, and why becoming a person that potential sports media students can use a resource to begin their careers is so important to him.
Follow Rob on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube @RobRoseSports.
Music for this podcast was provided by CFM Productions.