This event has been postponed and will occur later in the year.
Sport is a national obsession in Australia, and a thriving industry. Millions of us absorb writing about sport and recreation every week – from game recaps or analyses to training and wellbeing tips, from your local club newsletters to major reports on issues affecting our favourite sports and communities. What does it take to write well about sport and recreation? Whether it’s trackside reporting or policy recommendations, this Writers on Campus session will take us inside the clubrooms and boardrooms, with writers who are experts on both sport and how to write about it.
Speaker: Merryn Sherwood - Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy
Merryn Sherwood is coordinator of the Bachelor of Media and Communication. She is a former award-winning journalist and international sport media manager, working at events such as the Rugby World Cup and London 2012 Olympic Games. She brings this practical experience into teaching La Trobe’s unique sport journalism subjects and the third-year media internship. Her PhD from La Trobe focused on exploring sports organisations’ move to become media producers, and more broadly her research focuses on media disruption and change.
Speaker: Pam Kappelides - Senior Lecturer, Sport and Recreation Management
Pam Kappelides’ writing on sport crosses over a range of forms and approaches. Her scholarly research focuses on volunteer management, sport participation and inclusion of minority groups, community engagement and the impact of sport participation and development in sport, health and recreation.
She has worked with sporting organisations including the YMCA, Special Olympics, Masters Sport, Tennis Victoria, Football Federation Victoria and Kings IV IPL Cricket in India.
Pam recently developed a website on inclusion in the sport, health and recreation sector with support from the Victorian Government's Office of Sport and Recreation.
Tuesday 27 May[Postponed]- 1.15 pm - 2.15 pm
- Seminar Room 1.34 - Bundoora Library
