Stephen W.

Sports Reporter at Bernews.com
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Walsall, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Credentials

  • National Certificate Examination
    National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)
  • National Council for The Training of Journalists qualification
    National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)

Experience

    • Online Audio and Video Media
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sports Reporter
      • Sep 2021 - Present
    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sports Sub-Editor (casual)
      • Dec 2020 - Dec 2020
    • Bermuda
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sports Editor
      • Aug 2018 - Oct 2020

      • Core purpose of the role: editing Sports section of the newspaper. Involved in the whole process, from writing, designing pages, sub-editing, picture editing, managing social media and updating website. Dealing with readers and sportspeople.Achievements• Leading the coverage on Bermuda’s athletes at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru; the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia; the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada; the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland; the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England; and the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.• Reporting on the Bermuda football team’s historic 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup campaign, covering matches from San Jose, Costa Rica; Frisco, Texas; and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, attending press conferences, conducting video interviews with players and managers, and updating social media.• Exposing an historical sex abuse scandal in Bermudian football with a series of stories in 2015.• Leading the coverage on the 35th America’s Cup in 2017, the biggest sporting event to take place on the island.• Reporting on the 2017 Sky Bet Championship Play-off final between Huddersfield Town and Reading at Wembley, featuring Bermuda forward Nahki Wells.• Reporting on the 2007 Major League Soccer final between New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo in Washington, DC, featuring Bermuda winger Khano Smith.• Travelling throughout the East Coast of the United States for three summers, reporting on the Bermuda Hogges in the United Soccer Leagues.• Bringing in more video content, which has been particularly successful during the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, the Pan American Games in Lima and the 35th America’s Cup.• Winning the newspaper’s 2018 Journalist of the Year award for my coverage of triathlete Flora Duffy’s gold medal success at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Show less

    • Assistant Sports Editor
      • Jul 2014 - Aug 2018

    • Chief Sports Writer
      • Nov 2010 - Jul 2014

    • Senior Sports Writer
      • Jun 2007 - Nov 2010

    • United Kingdom
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Sport and News Reporter
      • Jan 2006 - May 2007

      • Core purpose of role: assisting in the coverage of Wolverhampton Wanders for the biggest-selling regional newspaper in England. • Writing stories, match reports and editorials on Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion. • Attending games and reporting on matches, player and manager interviews, attending press conferences. • Providing running copy during matches. • Core purpose of role: assisting in the coverage of Wolverhampton Wanders for the biggest-selling regional newspaper in England. • Writing stories, match reports and editorials on Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion. • Attending games and reporting on matches, player and manager interviews, attending press conferences. • Providing running copy during matches.

    • News and Sport Reporter
      • 2005 - Jan 2006

      • Reporting on non-League side Hednesford Town, writing match reports and comment pieces, attending press conferences, and conducting interviews with players and managers. • Reporting on non-League side Hednesford Town, writing match reports and comment pieces, attending press conferences, and conducting interviews with players and managers.

    • News and Sport Reporter
      • 2004 - Jan 2005

      • Leading the coverage of Wolverhampton Wanderers, writing match reports and comment pieces, attending press conferences, and conducting interviews with players and managers. • Leading the coverage of Wolverhampton Wanderers, writing match reports and comment pieces, attending press conferences, and conducting interviews with players and managers.

Education

  • University of Wolverhampton
    Bachelor's degree, English Literature and Sports Studies
    2000 - 2003

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