I was lucky enough to be part of a class of about 30 students that took Intro to Sports Media in spring 2015. The class was taught by Dr. Welch Suggs and the AJC’s D. Orlando Ledbetter and took a hands-on approach to covering several different sports. It was a sink-or-swim class just as the real world of sports is.

I thoroughly enjoyed the class and improved immensely due to the assignments. If you are a student at UGA and want to sharpen up on your writing and interviewing skills, click here to learn more about the Grady Sports Media Certificate and remember to apply in the fall. I highly recommend it.

Below are my field assignments and some of the other pieces that I wrote or produced.

I knew about Shannon Brooks and the problems that he had overcame in life dating back to probably 2012 or 2013 when he first began playing at PHS. I never felt I had the right platform to write about it until our profile project was presented. Once I set my sights on writing it, there was no turning back.

Shannon Brooks

My beat for this semester was the NBA Western Conference. The best article I wrote in my opinion was centered on veteran coach George Karl’s return to the game. The original article can be viewed here.

Most coaches would be perfectly satisfied with a 29-year career that included 1,131 victories, 22 playoff berths and four appearances in the Conference Finals.

George Karl is not like most coaches.

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