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Mental well-being advice for football writers
Paul McCarthy, our Executive Secretary, has posted an important message on Twitter about mental health (below). The FWA and our chair Carrie Brown have worked hard with the FA, via their HEADS UP campaign, to develop a resource pack specifically for FWA members: https://www.mentalhealthatwork.org.uk/toolkit/mental-health-some-pointers-for-football-writers/Tags: Carrie Brown, fa, Heads Up, Mental Health, paul mccarthy, the fa
Heads Up – help for Journalists
A message from FWA Chair Carrie Brown:
Dear Members,
One of my key priorities as Chair of the Football Writers' Association is to set-up a support structure for our members and #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek provides a fitting opportunity to bring you up to date with our plans.
Tags: CALM, Heads Up, Mental Health, Mind, the fa, The Samaritans
FWA INTERVIEW ADRIAN BEVINGTON
HOW ENGLAND MANAGE THE MEDIABy CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
THE DEMANDS of the football-covering media in England are greater than anywhere else in the world.
No other country has as many national daily or Sunday newspapers. Distribution in Spain, France, Germany or Italy would be impossible because of the size of those countries. So, on the continent, major cities tend to be served by one or two locally-based newspapers.
Tags: Adrian Bevington, england, the fa, the Football Association
My Week: Scott Field
Scott Field, head of media relations at the Football Association, on Hodgson’s choice...a new whistle...and why we should hear more of Lineker...Monday May 14
The beauty of working in The FA’s media team is always the sheer variety of subjects we have to cover, and my start to the week is no different. Whilst everyone else begins the week still savouring the greatest end to a Barclays Premier League season there has ever been, my start is dominated by the other side of the game - mainly dealing with the disciplinary fall-out from the weekend that was. After scouring ...
Tags: england, my week, Scott Field, the fa
The mystery of England’s 2000th goal
By CHRISTOPHER DAVIESWHEN IS as an own-goal not an own-goal? When it is the 2,000th goal scored by England since they started playing internationals in 1872 apparently.
Even Gareth Barry had conceded his headed winner – no apostrophes needed now – against Sweden was what is commonly known as an oggie.
But the Manchester City midfielder – and just about every football writer covering the friendly – was wrong.
Tags: england, manchester city, the fa
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