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On October 14th, the National Sports Media Association will be honoring Claudette Weston with the Ann Spencer SportsConnector Award, aka The Annie.Claudette has served on more than five dozen nonprofit boards during her career and has impacted the lives of thousands in our area. Not only that, but sports have played an integral role in her life. From the 1960s, when she and her late husband befriended Big House Gaines and his team, to the 90s, when she helped land the AAU 17-under national basketball tournament played for three years in Winston-Salem, to attending all of her children’s and grandchildren sporting events, Claudette has exemplified The Annie’s tagline of “connecting the community through sports.”The Annie Award dinner will be held at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem, NC. Cocktail hour is at 6 pm, dinner at 7. It is the primary fundraiser for the National Sports Media Association, which relocated its headquarters and events to Winston-Salem after 57 years in Salisbury, NC. The NSMA’sdual mission honors excellence in sports media, while providing a path to future generations interested in a sports media career through education, mentoring, networking, and scholarships.
The Ann Spencer Sports Connector Award dinner, honoring Claudette Weston, is sold out!
LAUSANNE, October 4, 2021 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards 2021 are receiving submissions from all over the world. With the clock marking precisely one month before the deadline, here are the most relevant details about the most prestigious prize in sports journalism. You can be part of it!
The Covid effect still affects the world and therefore also sport. The work of sport journalists this year has been difficult again and, given that we have received many requests in this sense, the Organizing Committee of the AIPS Sport Media Awards has decided to extend the submissions by one month, until November 4th 2021.
Many of us working in sports media, especially those of us in democracies, take our press freedom for granted. But in light of several events in different countries over the last few months, the NSMA -- as a member of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) and AIPS of the Americas -- would like to reiterate our support for the rights of all journalists to be able to do their jobs without fear of reprisal.
TOKYO, August 11, 2021 – On the eve of the Closing Ceremony of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, AIPS President Gianni Merlo shared his thoughts on the press operations of the event, which offered jaw-dropping sporting spectacles for the ages, in spite of being held under a state of emergency and largely behind closed doors. He also looked ahead to Beijing 2022 scheduled to take place in six months. Before then, however, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - the biggest Para sports event in the world – will take centre stage from August 24 to September 5, 2021.
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On Friday, July 16 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm, NSMA members will have the exclusive opportunity to participate in an hour-long Q & A with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. Burns's MUHAMMAD ALI documentary premieres September 19 on PBS. And as part of the NSMA's Paying It Forward, Paying It Back series, he'll join us to discuss the making of the ALI doc, as well as other aspects of his 40-year career.This is FREE for NSMA members only.
LAUSANNE, April 28, 2021 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards 2021 have begun its search for the best sports storytellers across the world and it takes only a few easy steps to be a part of this incredible celebration, which promotes sports media excellence and plays a role in the fight against the threats affecting the world of journalism in our era – especially in this period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Submissions are open until October 4, 2021.Here’s how to join.