Q&A with Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football

Nick Underhill is beat writer at NewOrleans.Football, covering the New Orleans Saints. He founded the website in 2020, and he previously covered the team for The Advocate newspaper. In this interview, conducted by email, Underhill discusses his approach to covering the Saints and how his site fits into the sports landscape regionally and nationally. He …

Student guest post: Writing about sports when the world is standing still

Students in MEJO 557, Advanced Editing, are writing guest posts for this site this semester. This is the 10th of those posts. Brian Keyes is a junior journalism and history major at UNC-Chapel Hill, and he is an assistant sports editor on The Daily Tar Heel. He splits his time between writing sports stories for …

Q&A with Perryn Keys of The Advocate newspaper

Perryn Keys is executive sports editor at The Advocate newspaper, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In this interview, conducted by email, Keys discusses his role in the sports department, the process of story editing and headline writing, and the Advocate's coverage of LSU's championship season in college football. Q. Describe your job. What is your …

Q&A with Bret Strelow, sports communicator at Appalachian State

Bret Strelow is director for strategic communications in the department of athletics at Appalachian State University. He previously worked as a sportswriter at several newspapers in North Carolina. In this interview, conducted by email, Strelow discusses his job at App State and his transition from news to public relations. Q. Describe your job. What is …

A cool homepage

Many news organizations use a homepage template, consisting of a main story with a photo surrounded by lists of headlines and smaller images. These designs are efficient, but they can make it difficult to emphasize a big story. Last week, The News & Observer broke the mold of its homepage. The Carolina Hurricanes had clinched …

Q&A with C Jackson Cowart of BetChicago

C Jackson Cowart is a writer and editor at BetChicago, a sports website. He previously worked at the Times Herald-Record in Middletown, New York. In this interview, conducted by email, Cowart discusses his work at BetChicago and his experience in journalism school at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also makes predictions for the NCAA tournaments in men's …

Student guest post: the NBA’s headline surplus problem

Students in MEJO 557, Advanced Editing, are writing guest posts for this site this semester. This is the seventh of those posts. Jack Gallop is a UNC-Chapel Hill senior from Wilmington, North Carolina. After graduation, he plans to start a career in comedy and screenwriting. Gallop also plans to become better at writing third-person descriptions …

Student guest post: Is sports reporting turning into tabloid journalism?

Students in MEJO 457, Advanced Editing, are writing guest posts for this blog this semester. This is the second of those posts. Travis Butler is a senior from Wilmington, North Carolina, who is majoring in journalism. He is an avid sports fan that hopes to have a career in sports writing and he can line-for-line quote most Will …

Q&A with Grace Raynor, sportswriter at the Post and Courier

Grace Raynor is a sportswriter at the Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. She is a 2015 graduate of the journalism school at UNC-Chapel Hill, and she was sports editor at The Daily Tar Heel during her time in college. In this interview, conducted by email, Raynor discusses sports journalism, her experience covering a …

Q&A with Mike Sundheim, vice president of communications for the Carolina Hurricanes

Mike Sundheim is vice president for communications and team services for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. In this interview, conducted by email, he discusses his job, social media and the team's outlook for the 2016-17 season. Q. Describe your job. What is your typical day like? A. One of the best sports books out there …