The National Sports Journalism Center is a

sports journalism Sports journalism is a form of writing that reports on matters pertaining to sporting topics and competitions. Sports journalism started in the early 1800s when it was targeted to the social elite and transitioned into an integral part of the ...

program run by

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. *Indiana Universit ...

and a resource center for sports media professionals. The center, based at

Indiana University-Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest campu ...

, is partnered with the Media School at Indiana University, through which students can take degree programs in sports journalism and other forms of sports media. The center, founded in early 2009, has hosted events on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. It held its first event, a forum on the effects of hype and evolving media pressures on sports reporting, in March 2009. It held a second panel discussion on diversity in the sports media industry in September 2009. Additional speakers have included Fox sports commentator

Joe Buck Joseph Francis Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster. The son of sportscaster Jack Buck, he worked for Fox Sports from its 1994 inception through 2022, including roles as lead play-by-play announcer for the network's Nation ...

and Pulitzer Prize winner and " Friday Night Lights" author H.G. Bissinger.

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{{IUPUI * Sports mass media in the United States Indiana University Organizations established in 2009

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