Award, Coverage of Youth Sports

Recognizing creative, in-depth and innovative coverage of youth and high school sports by broadcast, print and online journalists.

In 2009, the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism created the Award for Excellence in Coverage of Youth Sports. Work nominated for the award displays creative, in-depth and innovative coverage of youth and high school sports—especially larger issues and trends related to those levels of athletic competition. The award is intended to recognize work by daily and weekly newspapers, local and national television news broadcasts and national news organizations. Work by multimedia and online news outlets is eligible as well.

Nominations

should include work completed or continuing in the calendar year preceding the Dec. 31
deadline. Both individuals and media organizations are eligible for the award. Anyone may submit an entry on behalf of an individual or organization.

There are no application forms. Each entry must be accompanied by a letter describing the nature and result of the work and by the relevant aired or published material and/or other necessary documentation. To facilitate judging, four copies of each entry must be submitted. That includes clips (or copies of them) for print work, separate CDs or tapes for audio work and DVDs for multimedia and video submissions.

The winner receives $1,000 and is expected to attend a ceremony in April on the University Park campus to discuss the award-winning work with Center for Sports Journalism students and faculty.

Entries

must be submitted by Dec. 31, to:

John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
Penn State College of Communications
302 James Building
University Park, PA 16802-5024

Questions may be directed to Steve Sampsell by email at sws102@psu.edu or by phone at (814) 865-8801.