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SoJ Web Report | Jan. 24, 2010

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Author H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger headlines a March 10 seminar on the business of college athletics. Other speakers include those from the NCAA, ESPN and USA Today.

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Pulitzer Prize winner H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and contributor to Vanity Fair magazine, will headline a free, daylong seminar, "Investigating the Business of College Athletics," March 10 at IUPUI.

Set for the eve of the Big Ten basketball tournament in Indianapolis, this seminar is sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University and hosted by IU’s National Sports Journalism Center and the Associated Press Sports Editors.

In addition to Bissinger, scheduled speakers include Wallace Renfro, vice president and senior adviser to the president of the NCAA; Rob King, vice president and editor-in-chief of ESPN Digital Media; Jodi Upton, sports database editor for USA Today; and Steve Berkowitz, sports projects editor at USA Today.

The seminar will include sessions providing an overview of money in college sports, explanations about how to analyze revenue and expense information at local colleges, instruction on how to utilize freedom of information laws to obtain information and discussion of how to use social media to assist in reporting.

More info:

Visit BusinessJournalism.org. Seating is limited.
A special hotel rate of $109 is available through Feb. 15 at the Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis at the Capitol. To make a reservation, call (888) 816-4091.
The seminar will be live-streamed on BusinessJournalism.org, www.SportsJournalism.org and APSportsEditors.org.
Read a full report at IU News Room.