Note: I wrote the fictional web story below as part of my final project in my Writing for Mass Communications course during the first year of my undergraduate studies at the University of South Carolina. For this creative writing assignment, I thought it was a no-brainer to focus on my…

To kick off the afternoon portion of the 2022 Sports PR Summit, Ric Bucher moderated an engaging discussion focused on name, image and likeness (NIL). Rutgers University alumnus and motivational speaker Eric LeGrand, former Rutgers men’s basketball player Geo Baker, and Seton Hall women’s basketball player Andra Espinoza-Hunter made up…

Current students working their way up the journalism sequence at the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications most likely know the lead instructor of its sports media initiative personally or are at least familiar with his efforts to bring the school to new heights. …

Please note: I wrote this book review in March 2022 for a graduate school course at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. For my PR Management & Leadership course, I was assigned to read and write a review of a book related to public relations. I…

Please note: I created and wrote the following components of a social media plan for a final course project (JOUR 399: Social Media for Sports Media) at the University of South Carolina during the spring 2021 semester. This was developed for the Columbia Locomotives, a fictional American Hockey League expansion…

Note: I originally wrote this on November 1, 2021, for an assignment during my sports public relations graduate course at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Sixteen-year-old Arch Manning is not yet a student-athlete, but he is on track to secure an NIL deal worth millions…

Columbia, S.C. – Dr. Jerome Fitch’s career in collegiate athletics has spanned several decades, institutions and positions. Through them all, he has earned a reputation for leading many southeastern universities throughout transitions from the NAIA to the SIAC of the NCAA’s Division II. Currently the athletic director at Allen University…

Disclaimer: I produced this organizational backgrounder in August 2021 during a graduate school public relationswriting course at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. …

Disclaimer: I wrote this fictional CEO newsletter article in July 2021 for a graduate school course at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. …