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Helping sportscasters land more than 1,500 jobs and improve their skills since 2006. Home of the Jim Nantz Award 🏆. Author of Move Up

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🏆 Congratulations to the winner of the 2026 Jim Nantz Award!

From Notre Dame, a senior, Tyler Reidy (@TylerJReidy).

@ND_JED l @notredametv l @wvfi_radio l #JimNantzAward

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Calling high school football?

What are broadcasters actually getting paid per game?

The Rate Exchange is beginning to answer questions like that—with information submitted by sportscasters themselves.

Give a rate. Get the rates. →
https://t.co/irQGTtQYb5

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🎙️ CALLS OF THE WEEK 🎙️

Submit your best sportscasting moment from the past week to be featured in our next edition.

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🆕 WATCH LIST ADDITION

Welcome Gabe Stigers (@gaberstigers), a senior from Kansas, to the 2027 #JimNantzAward Watch List.

FULL LIST: https://t.co/pnL4Vb5tFo

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Using only emojis, what games are you calling or covering this weekend?

⚽🏀🏈⚾🥎🎾🏐🏉🏒🏑🥍🏂🚴⛳️🤼🥌🏊🏄🤺🤾🤾‍♀️🤽‍♂️

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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

Everett Fitzhugh (@TheVoiceFitz) began sportscasting at Bowling Green.

The 2023 Washington Sportscaster of the Year explains how his experience in minor league hockey helped to prepare him for the NHL with the Seattle Kraken.

🎥 https://t.co/TxzW8laBol

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🆕 WATCH LIST ADDITION

Welcome Trevor Butler (@Trev_b27), a senior from Kansas (@KUJournalism), to the 2027 #JimNantzAward Watch List.

FULL LIST: https://t.co/pnL4Vb4VPQ

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One TV sports anchor/reporter reports earning $28,000/year.

Another reports $215,000/year.

That's why compensation transparency matters.

See what sportscasters are actually being paid →
https://t.co/irQGTtQYb5

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"Versatility will help you get a job."

Detroit Lions team reporter Brooke Kirchhofer (@brookechesney) explains why having skills behind the camera helps you get a job on camera.

FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/Gt5Sj2blI7

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What is your record for most broadcasts in a day?

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This week we are featuring work from the following:

🏈 @DavidTukesbrey
⚽️ @RyanLe5019
🏈 Holden Buckley
🏑 @alexzeller
🏈 @CJBooneTV
⚾️ @AndresOnAir
🏈 @JackDobbins99
⚽️ Oliver Nycz
🏈 Jacob Greene
🏐 @BenjaminnSmithh

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👻 SPOOKY SEASON 👻

Begin October with some scary good calls on this week's episode of Calls of the Week.

🎥 https://t.co/BvyBMfbqec

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What does sports broadcasting pay? 💰

The Rate Exchange now includes hundreds of compensation reports submitted by sportscasters themselves.

Play-by-play. TV. Radio. Hosting. Reporting. And more.

Give a rate. Get the rates. →
https://t.co/irQGTtQqlx

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🔭 CALLS OF THE WEEK 🔭

We are looking for you best moments from the past seven days. Drop your submissions ⬇️

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What are our plans for the weekend?

Drop the link to your broadcast, radio show or sports report ⤵️

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🚨 NEW JOB 🚨

Farm work taught Carl Goenner (@GoennerCarl) the value of putting in the reps.

Now the STAA member is the new Sports Director at KBMW in Wahpeton. Congratulations, Carl!

📰 https://t.co/FdKNoffNyg

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How often do you listen back to your work?

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"The first minute and a half is what counts, period."

Lions team reporter Brooke Kirchhofer (@brookechesney) explains why the first 90 seconds of your demo reel is the most important.

FULL INTERVIEW: https://t.co/Gt5Sj2bTxF

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What’s the hardest part of breaking into the industry?

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🚨 NEW JOB 🚨

Three years ago, Josh Baker (@josh_k_baker) was a finalist for a broadcasting position at Ferris State.

He didn’t get the job.

When the position opened again, Baker was ready for another shot. He is the new voice of Ferris State hockey

📰 https://t.co/FdKNofffII

[Geoff Grammer @GeoffGrammer]

My Monday column, today...

The story of a storyteller: How Albuquerque's Caroline Pineda became a rising star in sports journalism https://t.co/u0qzbcWULS via @ABQJournal