Want to be the next Red Fisher?

Sports reporting can be so much more than simply providing the scores from last night's game. It’s about physical and emotional competition at the highest levels, and it provides the opportunity for journalists to capture moments of great human achievement and disappointment.

On Saturday, Oct. 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m, at the DeSève Cinema, sports journalists from across the country will gather to share the insights from their careers and to interact with those interested in a life of sports reporting.

Among those appearing are Stephen Brunt from the Globe and Mail, Scott Morrison from Sportsnet, former Olympic athlete Laura Robinson, and Robin Brown, the host of CBC Radio’s The Inside Track.

The featured speaker will be activist and historian Dr. Bruce Kidd, who has been called “the conscience of Canadian sport.” He will challenge students to resist the pressure to focus on “masculinist corporate sports productions” that tend to marginalize women and redefine both sport and excellence.

The event is sponsored by Rogers Sportsnet and organized by the Departments of Journalism and Communication Studies. No advance registration is required.