Media Masters #18 – Bob Ryan, Legendary Boston Globe Sportswriter

Bob Ryan is perhaps the greatest American sportswriter of all-time, with a 44-year career covering some of the greatest moments in Boston sports. In this episode, Ryan discusses his outstanding career, how sports journalism has evolved over his newspaper days, and talks about his new book, “Scribe: My Life in Sports.” For a kid who…

Media Masters #10 – Molly McGrath, Fox Sports 1

For the 10th episode of Media Masters, I talked to Molly McGrath, an NFL sideline reporter, anchor and host at Fox Sports 1 who launched her on-camera career as the website reporter at the Boston Celtics. In under one year, Molly’s become a break out star at the new network, and is now featured on…

Media Masters #3 – Jeopardy! Champ Brad Rutter

In Episode #3, Brad Rutter, the all-time leading money winner in the history of Jeopardy!, talks to Media Masters about his success on the show, what makes him such an adept player, and going head-to-head against Ken Jennings and IBM’s Watson. More from Media Masters Media Masters on iTunes | Media Masters on SoundCloud

I wish every aspiring digital media pro was a journalism major

I wish every student who wants to work in digital media was a journalism major. Maybe I’m biased, but the basic rules of journalism are critical to anyone who’s going to be a digital media pro: spell names correctly, demand factual accuracy and verify your sources, and don’t plagiarize — this means you, bloggers! Those…