Arizona Cardinals Multimedia Reporter Lisa Matthews talks to students about interviewing athletes.
Thirty-one high school students from 15 states will report on professional sports teams and get training in sports journalism as part of the Cronkite Sports Broadcast Boot Camp at Arizona State University.
The two-week residential summer program at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication partners with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Mercury, the Phoenix Rising FC Soccer club and other professional sports teams to give high school students live sports reporting experiences.
“I’m excited to expose the next generation of sports broadcasters to our great facilities and a thriving sports community,” said Cronkite Professor of Practice Paola Boivin, the former longtime Arizona Republic sports columnist who directs the camp. “Journalism remains an important profession, and these students will learn from the best.”
Students do play-by-play and sideline reporting, studio producing and live on-air reporting in the classroom and on the field. The program’s instructors and speakers come from FOX Sports Arizona, the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Cardinals, among others. Outside of the classroom, students learn from veteran journalists working in the field at Arizona Sports, KMVP-FM, and the sports departments at 12 News, KPNX-TV, and FOX 10, KSAZ-TV.
With access to the Cronkite School’s state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, students are able to create video stories from the field and in-studio sportscasts. For their final project, they produce an interactive media website.
The camp, which is in its third year, runs from July 16-30. Students are housed at Taylor Place residence hall on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.
“It’s amazing to see how this program continues to grow,” said Cronkite Assistant Dean Mark Lodato, who oversees the sports programs at the Cronkite School. “The camp offers extraordinary experiences for students considering sports journalism in college. We sincerely appreciate the support of our local media and sports organizations that make this camp possible.”
2017 Cronkite Sports Broadcast Boot Camp Participants
Egan Adler
Bloomfield, New Jersey
Jonathan Altman
Livingston New Jersey
Joshua Belgrad
Scottsdale, Arizona
Colin Bock
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Carson Breber
Oakland, California
Michael Bushnick
Mesa, Arizona
Griffin Epstein
Petaluma, California
Ike Everard
Seattle
Peyton Gallaher
Knoxville, Tennessee
Royall Headroe
Houston
Jack Johnson
San Jose, California
Teddy Kole
Irvine, California
Gareth Kwok
Lafayette, California
Mason Larson
West Hills, California
Elise Lewison
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Conor McGill
Hughson, California
Jackson McHaney
Royse City, Texas
Samuel O’Connell
Walnut Creek, California
Edwin Perez
Phoenix
Travis Politakis
Montgomery, Texas
Ashlyn Register
Oviedo, Florida
Duncan Rogers
Manchester, Maine
Ari Saltzman
Omaha, Nebraska
Jack Sarlls
Chicago
Haley Smilow
Bronx, New York
Dominic Stearn
Carlsbad, California
Connor Taylor
Greensboro, North Carolina
Carvel Tefft
Piedmont, California
Marguerite Wolanske
Greenwich, Connnecticut
Belen Zaragoza
La Mirada, California
Harrison Zhang
Irvine, California