midterm

My dream career is to be an ESPN reporter for Major League Baseball.  Right now at Florida Southern I’m working on the Southern Sports Network. I haven’t been able to participate as much as I’d like because of recruitment and life getting in the way but hopefully it’ll settle down for the second half of the semester. I’m also looking into applying for the Disney College Program, which is a good way to get my foot in the door. The same company owns Disney and ESPN and it’s great to have that you worked for Walt Disney World on your resume.

In order to work with pretty much any TV company you need to be comfortable in front of the camera and know how to do live shots and write your own scripts. Knowing how to use Final Cut Pro and how to edit is also a plus because the reporting world is very competitive and the companies will be looking for the best of the best. The starting salary for a reporter will depend on how much experience you have coming into the job and where your job is located. If you started at an entry level reporter position in a place with a small station then your salary would be different than even someone just starting out in a big market area such as New York. On average the salary can range from 20,000 to 50,000 a year, with it increasing the more you more up the ranks and the bigger the market that you work for.

The reporter whose career track I choose to research was Erin Andrews. She doesn’t specifically cover just baseball but she’s a very successful reporter for ESPN and its nice to see that in a world men heavily dominate. Erin graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with a degree in telecommunications. Shortly after she began working for FSN Florida as a freelance reporter. In 2001 Erin moved to the Sunshine Network and worked as a Tampa Bay Lightning reporter. Then in 2002 she was the studio host and part time reporter for Turner Sports. While there Erin covered the Atlanta Braves and college football for TBS and the Atlanta Hawks and Thrashers for Turner South. In May 2004 Erin Andrews first joined the ESPN Company, she served as a report for their National Hockey League coverage. Since 2004 she has worked as a sideline report for college football and started to cover Major League Baseball in 2005.  Erin moved quickly through the ranks of the sports reporting world and is now one of the most well-known sports reporters of today.