United States Basketball Writers Association Host Sports Writing Seminar at UDM

The event will feature many of  the beat’s biggest names including journalist John Feinstein of The Washington Post, The Sporting News and NPR; Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News; John Akers of the Basketball Times; Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal; Dana O'Neil of espn.com; Dick Weiss of the New York Daily News; Shannon Shelton of the Detroit Free Press; and Malcolm Moran, formerly of USA Today and The New York Times.

Admission is free for college and high school journalists but registration is required for those who would like to attend. Students will be given the opportunity to cover various aspects of the tournament and through their stories competing for the association’s $1,000 scholarship in the days following the seminar. The majority of the assignments will be for press conferences and ancillary events.

To register for the seminar, schools should send in interested student names and school affiliations. There is a limit of three students per school. Contact UDM Journalism Professor, Tom Stanton by e-mail: stantontom@aol.com  or calling 586-725-0726.

# # #

The University of Detroit Mercy is Michigan's largest private Catholic University, offering approximately 100 majors and programs in 60 academic fields. Sponsored by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the University has three campuses located in downtown and northwest Detroit.

UDM was ranked among the top tier of Midwestern master's universities in U.S.News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" – 2009 edition.  UDM was also rated one of the top 15 institutions in the "Great Schools, Great Prices" category.

Publish date: March 24, 2009