MaxPerez

GraduateofMarquetteUniversity,2024
BachelorsDegreeinJournalismandCommunications

CareerofInterest:

SpecializedJournalistforaspecificsport,orsportfranchise.
Willdocumentnewsreportsforateamandwritestoriesconnectedto
thesport.

Education:
Abachelorsdegreeinjournalism,English,orcommunicationsis
necessarytoworkinthefieldofSportsJournalism.
Suchadegreeprogramprovidesfoundationsinwriting,reading,
criticalthinking,andotherskillsnecessaryforjournalism.
Specialprogramsforjournalismarerecommended.Manyhighschool
offerclubsandprogramstoaidstudents.

NecessarySkills:
SkillsNecessarytoSucceedinTheFieldofJournalism:
Creativityintheartofwriting.Havetobeabletothinkofexcitingstory
topicsandtitlestoattractattention.
Thinkingquicklyandonthespotisacriticalskillneededinall
journalistsandwritersinthesportsfield.
Beingfittotravelisahugeaspectofsportswriting,asmanywriters
followtheirdesignatedteamswherevertheygo.
Comfortwhentalkingtobignamesandaskingimportantquestionsisa
vitalskillthatallveteransportjournalistspossess.

Experience:
ThreePreviousJobsIHaveHeld:
InternshipatLakeShowLife.Programthatallowedmetowritegame
wrapsandplayerreviewsfortheLosAngeleslakerspartnerblogsite.
Summer2010SocialMediaInternshipforChowhound.Improvedmy
knowledgeofsocialmediacontrolandcommunications.


WorkedformycollegiatenewspaperatMarquette.Thisjobimproved
mywritingabilityandcreativitywhileonthefly.

Summary:
Hello,IbelieveIfitforthispositionduetomyextendedexperienceinthis
field.Mymultipleinternshipsaswellasjobsconnectedtonotonlywriting,but
sportsjournalismhaveguidedmetothisposition.Mycollectionofworksand
myjournalismdegreeatMarquettewillhelpmetoachievetheheightsofmy
potentialinwriting.

References:

Dr.BonnieBrennan:
NeimanProfessorofJournalismandMediaStudiesatMarquette
Phone:(414)-288-3493
Email:bonnie.brennan@marquette.edu

Dr.AnaGarner
ProfessorandChairofJournalismandMediaStudies
Phone:(414)-288-7383
Email:ana.garner@marquette.edu

Dr.RobertJ.Griffin
ProfessorofMediaStudiesandJournalismforMassMediaResearch
Phone:(414-288-6787
Email:robert.griffin@marquette.edu

Resume Reflection:


The career of Sports Journalism intrigued me greatly from the moment I

heard of it. Two of my favorite things, rolled into one wonderful job, with many

responsibilities. My research on this field did not begin with this assignment, but with

my own interest and curiosity towards the subject. I did not have to look far to find

colleges and the professors that have mastered the art of journalism, due to my prior

extensive research. There were many colleges in my mind, for example: Loyola

Marymount of LA, Marquette, and Cal State Lutheran, that had depth in the

journalism department. In the end, I chose my alma mater for my thirty year old self

would be Marquette.

While vigorously searching the department section of the school website, I

had found a crop of journalists, journalism professors, and chairmen of the specific

department right in front of me, with contact information listed under their names.

There was an abundance of professors and professionals to choose from, with

extensive journalism history. I searched many of the candidates backgrounds, and

determined two names I would attempt to contact due to their extensive knowledge:

Dr. Ana Garner, and Dr. Robert J. Griffin. Both of these respected professors at

Marquette seemed to have the longest list of accomplishments and knowledge to their

name, so I decided to contact them. Not letting my excitement get in the way of the

process, I took my time creating the best, but not overly extensive, email to both of

the professors. Taking around a half hour, these were the best piece of writing in a

gmail document that I had personally witnessed. These profound pieces of writing,

paired with the timing of the emails (Thursday) there were sure to be lengthy

responses and maybe future conversations in store. Right? Wrong. It had been two

days and no response had been sent, and the likelihood was that my perfect emails

were just sent to the spam folder of these brilliant minds emails.


Although I did not get any contact with these esteemed professors I did

attempt to trek through information on my own. I did not let the disregard get my

hopes down, I decided to contact another professor from Loyola, but to no avail.

Giving up on contacting professionals to get my information, I leaned on trusty

Google, and found career guides and class plans through college from kids interested

in Journalism and Sports Journalism. My collegiate path became less faded after the

process of putting myself out in the world.

A lot of the information that I collected was on the complicated cobweb of

college, and the path I had the designate for myself through high school and the

collegiate system. Although the path was long and vigorous, it seemed worth it.

Seeing this path really helped me see that this future could be a reality, very soon for

me. Most of the out of college information that I found was very new and interesting

to me. Looking at job responsibilities, hours worked, break information, it was very

eye opening as a 16 year old student that hasnt had a full time job once in his life.

This new information is not just new words to comprehend, they portray the real life

of current people at my desired position, it showed me the reality of my dream.

Continuing with the actual job and its responsibilities, well, I feel like if the

job is the joy of my life, then it cant be work, it cant be anything but a dream. The

information that I gathered on my dream career did nothing but solidify my will to

pursue the career. The job comes with a lot of responsibility, but it also comes with

what I consider to be a lot of fun.

In short, this project slash extension on my knowledge on Sports Journalism

did not simply justify my position on the career and my future, it encouraged it.

Barring any unforeseen changes in my studies, this document is being written by

future Sports Journalist: Max Perez.