Watch the Media with John Shrader

Jay is a native Nebraskan who has worked in soccer for more than two decades. He has worked for UEFA, FIFA and now is the COO of FC Diez, the IMG owned company that produces two major soccer competitions in South America. 

SPORTS MEDIA on Sport in American Culture . Observations from members of the sports media – columnists, reporters, broadcasters, academics – about how sports fits into American culture in 2021; within the context of the pandemic. Guests commenting on Sport in American Culture, in order: Dirk Chatelain, Omaha World Herald Steve Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star Andrew Billings, University of Alabama JB...

Members of the sports media from around the country – reporters, columnists, broadcasters and scholars - talk about their personal view of sports. Answering the simple: How has your personal view of sports change in the last year? There is by no means a consensus. Here are the contributors and where they appear: Dirk Chatelain, Omaha World Herald  1:09 JB Long, Radio voice of LA Rams  1:...

In this episode I assembled comments from more than two dozen people - among them reporters, columnists, broadcasters and media professors. They provide their observations on the 2020 football season - both college and professional; a season played in the throes of a pandemic, long before a vaccine was available.   Their comments are personal and illuminative, a kind of oral history of the se...

Watch the Media June 6, 2021 Sports Journalism after Osaka Withdraws from French Open Athletes and Sources: Access and Relationships with the Media J.A. Adande Professor Northwestern University, former ESPN, LA Times, Washington Post  Malcolm Moran Professor IUPUI, Indianapolis, former New York Times, USA Today Tim Keown Senior Writer, ESPN [Tim has comments about empathy in reporting and wri...

Maya Saenz has been with KMTV News for five years, coming to Omaha from Colorado. She is one of the few Latino or Latina news anchors and/or reporters in Nebraska. She shares her personal story; a young, multilingual, multicultural journalist from a mixed-documented family. She joined John and the students in a spring class titled Media Representation and Presentation in the Latinx Community.

PABLO URQUIZA Head of Production / Executive Producer at FC Diez Media (IMG) for Conmebol Libertadores & Conmebol Sudamericana Pablo is a native of Buenos Aires, a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He talks about the process of producing television and the value of students looking toward a career in international sports.

Professor, Screenwriter, Producer, Show Runner JOSE SOTO Is a professor of television at Depaul University and a writer, producer and showrunner for television in the United States and Mexico. He has produced Big Brother for U.S. television, and numerous other programs in both the U.S. and Mexico. He talks about the differences and similarities in producing American television for Spanish language...

VICTOR ROJAS l eft his job as the lead TV announcer for the LA Angels of Anaheim to become President and General Manager of the Frisco Roughriders of the Double-A Central League. He’s the son of former big leaguer Cookie Rojas. He and his wife own an apparel company Big Fly, which was named after his signature home run call. Rojas says he’s been preparing all his professional life to run a basebal...

JEFF MOTZ  Sports Director of KFOR Radio in Lincoln. He does morning sports reports, news reports and high school play by play. He is the 2020 Nebraska Sportscaster of the Year, an honor bestowed by the National Sports Media Association. A Lincoln native, he talks about working in his home town, reaching out to the listeners and the value of understanding the audience.

Marc J Spears i s Senior NBA Writer for The Undefeated and ESPN. He says this is the most important work he’s done in his career, writing at the intersection of sports, race and culture. Spears has been covering the NBA since 1999, and now works at a place he calls the “Jackie Robinson of sports journalism.”  He says they’re bringing light to things that need it.

Brian Windhorst has covered the NBA and USA Basketball for ESPN since 2010. He started his career at the Akron Beacon Journal, then went to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He covered LeBron James when LeBron was a high school student in Akron, about whom Windhorst has authored or co-authored four books. He gives us some insights into the multi-platform media giant for whom he works; he has good advice...

Danny Burke, a 2018 graduate of UNL’s CoJMC, is the host of Rush Hour, 6-7 pm Central Time on VSiN, the sports betting network. Burke is now based in his hometown of Chicago after spending more than a year in Las Vegas. He worked his way up from social media director, to producer to host. He also does some television work in Chicago on the local Fox affiliate. He says he’s found what he loves and...

ANDY KENDEIGH has been the Sports Director at KETV, Channel 7 since 2010. He leads a team of three sportscasters on the highest rated news show in Omaha. He says Huskers football is still the number one interest among the viewers; he says the pandemic forced us all to be adaptable, including television news; he talks about the process of doing his job in this market and the stories they develop an...

SEAN CALLAHAN s the publisher and owner of Husker Online, the Nebraska affiliate for Rivals.com. He is a graduate of the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He manages the day-to-day operations as does regular work at KETV, KFAB Radio and NET’s Big Reg Wrap-up. He talks about Scott Frost’s first three years at Nebraska; the immense interest of both the media and fans in Huskers spor...

Gabriel is in his fourth year covering Husker football for the Journal Star. This Wisconsin native is the 2020 Nebraska Sports Writer of the Year. He talks about the process of covering sports, the immense interest in Huskers football, the value of local journalism, the competition he feels with the World Herald and the joy of being one of the lucky ones in the stadium on game day.

An alum of UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications, David Eickholt is in his third year as publisher and beat writer for HawkeyeInsider, the 247 Sports web site covering University of Iowa sports. He says he’s proud of the stories he’s broken. He’s one of the youngest people covering Iowa sports and he thinks he keeps the veterans on their toes. And he loves the competitive nature of t...

STEVE PHYSIOC Enters his tenth season in 2021 as one of the radio & TV voices of the Kansas City Royals. He’s been a Major League Baseball announcer for about three decades, along the way announcing football and basketball as well. He is now a published novelist. His third book Walks with the Wind is out in February. He talks about the process of writing, his work and family, and how the pande...

OSCAR MONTERROSO  CEO of Tico Productions in Kansas City. A veteran of Spanish-language media his company is now a full-service marketing and content production company. Tico Sports produces broadcasts for five NFL teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs. They also did a Spanish-language broadcast of Nebraska football in October 2019 and when the pandemic allows they will be back in Memorial...

Students in the Sports Broadcasting class at UNL's CoJMC share their personal podcasts: Brent Bartels looks back at his days at UNL; Peter Krenzer compels us to love professional wrestling; and Bailey Landanger talks about his fraternity's effort to return to campus. 

Students in the Sports Broadcasting class at UNL's CoJMC share their personal podcasts: Justin Slepicka on his love of the Atlanta Falcons; Ryan Valenta all about his beloved Atlanta Braves and a couple surprises; and Dustyn Stortzum talks with his broadcasting pals and his mom. 

A conversation with Phillies broadcaster Kevin Frandsen,  who is a former big leaguer, former radio host at KNBR in San Francisco, now working in the booth in Philadelphia.  The conversation comes your way in five parts.  Enjoy. 

Chapter two of a conversation with Phillies broadcaster Kevin Frandsen.  He moves rather smoothly into the broadcast business, first in the studio and then to the stadium. 

Chapter three of a conversation with Phillies broadcaster Kevin Frandsen. His big league ascension is derailed by a torn achilles, trades and frequent trips to the minor leagues. 

Fourth chapter of a conversation with Phillies broadcaster Kevin Frandsen. He makes his big league debut in 2006 without one of the most important people in his life.