Welcome to The Making of a Sports Journalist
Why Michael Wallace?
They include:
  1. Maximizing Your Campus Media
  2. Balancing Act: Blending Solid                                                                
    Reporting with Compelling Writing
  3. Earning While Learning
  4. Setting Short-term and Long-term Career Goals ...
  5. And Reaching Them
  6. Resumes’ and Cover Letters That Impress
  7. Landing That First Internship/Job
  8. Rejecting Rejection from the Work Force
  9. Changes and Trends in Today’s Media
  10. Bleeding the Beast: Barry Bonds, Don Imus, Duke and Michael Vick
    (Presentations and topics can be catered to high school and middle school
    students)

Additionally, our visits can include:
  • Campus newspaper reviews/ critiques
  • One-on-one rap sessions with journalism students
  • Resume, cover letter and clips critiques/advice
  • Career counseling/network sessions
Not many people get to say they’re
working their dream job. Michael Wallace
can, after finally achieving what he’d set
out to accomplish over a decade ago.
You might ask why us? But who better
can connect with students than someone
recently in their position, someone who
shared their budding curiosity before
charting a path to one of the top
newspapers and beats in the country?

We can’t guarantee students a job, but
we can offer a gameplan to interest,
guide, inspire and motivate them  to
tackle our rewarding and challenging field.

Our presentation fits any Mass
Communication, Journalism or English
curriculum. Feedback is critical, so ample
time is set aside for Q&A sessions to
candidly address questions, ideas and
experiences.
Topics We Cover
Helpful Links
Here are a few links we've
found helpful for aspiring
journalists. Submit a link by
sending us an e-mail to
feedback@redinkpublishing.net.
Making the Connection
Still not convinced a visit would impact your program and students? Click on our
Headlines and On The Record web pages and see what others are saying.
As the news and industry evolve, so do the
issues and topics our presentation covers.
But there are fundamental areas that serve
as our bedrock discussion points.
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Photo Credit: Yahoo
Photo Credit: Yahoo
Michael Wallace addresses journalism students during a
guest lecture at the University of Mississippi in 2005. An
excerpt of Wallace's Q&A session was featured in the
college journalism textbook, Sports Media: Reporting,
Producing and Planning, published by Focal Press.
But it has been a journey that has provided a compelling testimony and just one
humble blueprint that might help to inspire and navigate students toward their
career goals. Let us share our path with you.

If you are a college administrator, educator or campus media advisor looking for
an industry professional to reach your students, contact us.
On Oct. 16, 2006, Wallace
was hired by The Miami
Herald to cover the Miami
Heat and the NBA.
Accomplishing that career
goal doesn't mean it's time
to stop learning and
growing.