Hello SJ.com, I'm Austin

Hello SJ.com and all the sports journalists out there. My name is Austin Smith. I am 30 years old and live in Frisco, Texas. I am currently in my last year of finishing up a BA in Mass Communications and Journalism at Ashford University (Online). I also attended the University of North Texas on two occasions. The first was as a football player (with very little help to my academic career) and the second was to get a teaching degree in Math so I could coach football and teach. I never finished the teaching degree, instead choosing to go for my dream to get into sports broadcasting and journalism. I would like to point out that my passion is the NFL Draft, but I have extensive knowledge in most of the major sports (football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, etc.). I would also like to point out that I have very little experience. My experience basically sums up to running an NFL Draft blog (nfldraft365.blogspot.com) in which I posted articles as opposed to topics for around 5 years. That got me noticed by drafttek.com and I was invited to come on as a team analyst of the Denver Broncos. I have been doing that for the past three months and love writing about the draft. While it is getting me a little experience, it only consists of me writing comments about the Broncos predicted picks in each mock draft. I obviously would like to get more experience that can help build my resume. I would truly appreciate any advice anyone here can give me on what steps to take to make this happen. I know applying for internships is one path. With very little published experience I worry about how I will stack up to others but I am certain that once I get to an interview process, I can prove my knowledge and passion. Once again, I would like to point out that I am not limited to just writing about the draft or football. I am very knowledgeable about most sports. I am excited about joining this site and the potential advice I can get from any of its members.

 

I am anxiously awaiting his review of the 2010 draft, which should be out any day now.

 

Awesome. I thought for sure only Boom would remember Tim so I deleted the original reference.

 

You'd be a lot cooler if your name were Frisco and you lived in Austin.

 

Agreed

 

Hi Sandy! I mean, Austin!

 

If you're asking for advice I can't stress this enough: Get that teaching degree. Start teaching.