8-Week Sports Broadcasting Program

Overview

Learn what it takes to be successful in the sports broadcasting industry
Develop anchoring, reporting, play-by-play, podcasting, public speaking skills
Meet and have Q & A with sportscasters in the industry (ESPN, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, NESN, CBS Sports Network, Barstool)
Two sessions per week, one group and one individual (maximum 20 sportscasters per 8-week program)

Benefits

• Goal #1: Improve PxP, on-camera skills, podcasting, interviewing, reporting skills
• Goal #2: Speak to professionals in the industry about what it takes to succeed
• Goal #3: Come out of the program with beneficial connections to further broadcasting career

Instructor

Kevin DiDomenico is an award-winning sports broadcaster who has served as a play-by-play voice with the ACC Network, ESPN+ and the Red Sox and Yankees minor league affiliates. In 2022, Kevin was named a top five collegiate sports broadcaster in the country (First Team All-American) by the Sportscasters Talent Agency of America.

Week-by-Week Breakdown

Week 1: Introduction: Get some sort of broadcasting tape from each individual
Week 2: Radio PxP/guest speaker
Week 3: TV Play-by-play/guest speaker
Week 4: Conducting an interview/guest speaker
Week 5: TV anchoring/guest speaker
Week 6: Podcasting/guest speaker
Week 7: sideline reporting
Week 8: Two individual meetings, critique, next steps, etc.