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Harry De Cosemo – Dealing with disability in sports journalism
Disability Awareness Month runs until December 20, and Harry De Cosemo, an FWA member who covers football in the North East for publications including The Morning Star and Eurosport, explains the challenges - and rewards - of his life as football journalist with Cerebral Palsy.Writing this article is going to be difficult. I know my disability better than anybody; it has been my constant companion and part of me for my entire life. Yet, off the top of my head, I can think of a number of people who can articulate its impact much better than I ever ...
Tags: Cerebral Palsy, Eurosport, Harry De Cosemo, Morning Star, Newcastle United, sir bobby robson
FWA Q&A: JOHN LEY
JOHN LEY of the Daily Telegraph on a numb right arm..a Faroe time eating puffin....and missing out on the world’s largest brandyHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
No, apart from a paper round. I started in the profession at 15, while still at school, working part-time for the Hayters Sports Reporting Agency, plugging in telephones (the ones that weren’t mobile) and reading copy over for journalists to copy-takers. Although now as a production journalist at the Telegraph, I handle all sports.
Tags: Amsterdam ArenA, daily telegraph, Denis Law, Eusebio, FWA Q&A, Harry Redknapp, John Ley, Ryan Giggs, sir bobby robson
FWA Q&A: TIM RICH
TIM RICH of The Independent on heroin and incest...interviewing the wrong Kanoute...and a fabulous lunch in the occupied territoriesHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I once ran a campsite in France and once worked, very inefficiently, filling bottles of shampoo at a factory where all work stopped for 10 minutes to listen to Simon Bates’ Our Tune.
Tags: 2005 European Cup Final, AC Milan, Africa Cup of Nations, Allianz Arena, Andorra, Ashes, Bangkok, Brazil, Chelsea, Frank Keating, John Bercow, Kanoute, liverpool, Martin Blackburn, Neil Custis, Real Madrid, Rory Smith, sir bobby robson, St James' Park, Steven Gerrard, Sunderland Echo, The Independent, Zinedine Zidane
FOOTBALL WRITERS PREPARE TO HONOUR NIALL QUINN
LOCAL RIVALRIES will be put to one side as the region’s football community comes together to celebrate the very best of the 2010/2011 football season on Sunday night.Sponsored by Barclays, the 2011 North East Football Writers' Association awards dinner at Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham is a regular highlight in the region’s football calendar. It will be attended by a star-studded guest list, which includes players, managers, directors and officials from of all the north east football clubs.
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North East Writers Pay Robson Tribute
North East football journalists have paid their own tribute to the legendary Sir Bobby Robson by handing over a cheque in his honour.North East football journalists have paid their own tribute to the legendary Sir Bobby Robson by handing over a cheque in his honour.
The North East Football Writers' Association raised £8,000 at the Footballer of the Year Awards, which it donated to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.
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