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The Daily Free Press

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A person sits outside of Boston University College of Communication. COM is considering introducing a sports journalism department. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Early plans for COM sports journalism major program score student buzz

Avery Fox February 25, 2025
The College of Communication Journalism Department is in the early stages of establishing a new major — sports journalism.
COM Associate Professor of the Practice of Sports Journalism, Sherrod Blakely. Blakely will now teach JO 502 C1: Sports Media Then and Now after Tony Massaroti, the original professor, decided to pull out of teaching it after racially insensitive comments he made resurfaced. COURTESY OF SHERROD BLAKELY

BU sports journalism professor to teach new course after Tony Massarotti drops out following insensitive remark

Lauren Albano November 24, 2024
Sherrod Blakely will teach a new sports journalism course at Boston University’s College of Communication after the original instructor, Tony Massarotti, pulled out of the position after a racially insensitive remark he made on his radio show resurfaced.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Seen on TV: ESPN made a “Highly Questionable” decision to cancel their most original show

Brian Foisy September 19, 2021
ESPN's "Highly Questionable" always remained a rule-breaker even amongst the most innovative shows on the network
Josee Matela, a senior in the College of Communication, is the creator of The First-Gen Graduates of 2020, a digital yearbook profiling first-generation graduating seniors inspired by her own experiences as a first-generation college student. COURTESY JOSEE MATELA

BU first-gen student shares her motivation to succeed, shares other graduates’ stories online

Angela Yang April 28, 2020
COM senior Josee Matela created The First-Gen Graduates of 2020, a digital yearbook sharing the stories of others who broke barriers to triumph in the world of higher education.
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