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✍️ I had the task of reviewing Unfair Play by Sharron Davies for the @SportsGazette. I felt it needed a different approach to other books on the #WHSBOTY shortlist, so I tackled seven core claims in the book. ⬇️
Laura Howard
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Laura Howard
@laura_hwd
Multimedia content producer @ Sportsbeat | SJA Academy Award winner 2023 | ✍️ in the Guardian, Sky Sports News, The Mirror | 🎙️ The Kids Were Alright podcast
What is the most random or unexpected football signing that you can remember?- I’m still waiting for my breakthrough…
If you’re meant to make it, it was already written….. - Wow - was not expecting this news! Delighted to have won the @SportSJA Academy Award! It’s so important we continue to tell the stories of underrepresented groups in sports. Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees!📣 The SJA is delighted to announce the winners of its ‘One to Watch’ and Academy categories at the #SJA2023 British Sports Journalism Awards 🥇 Congratulations to @GeorgeRSimms, @_morganharlow, @mimwalkerkhan, Maryam Chaudhary & @laura_hwd Read here 👉 sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/sj…
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- After the FA removed their funding in April, the @GB_DeafFootball team crowdfunded to compete in the 2023 World Championships this September. ✍️ I spoke to @clairels1989 about her journey in football and that of the England Women’s Deaf Football team. ⬇️
- Delighted to have been shortlisted for the FWA Vikki Orvice Student Football Writer of the Year! Honoured to be among such a great cohort.FWA Student Football Writer awards shortlists announced - congratulations to all those who made it to the final 10 in each category footballwriters.co.uk/editorial/fwa-…
- Great to be involved in a small bit of history today @HAMRICHFC, becoming the first all-female commentary team in the National League South as lead commentator with @juliaandersen18 on co-comms.History at Beveree this afternoon as Laura Howard and Julia Andersen become the first all-female commentary team to cover a National League South Game for the Beavers 🦫 Hampton & Richmond v Truro City live commentary from 2:45PM 👉 loom.ly/RM7W-ks #HAMRICHFC 🔴🔵
- Delighted to win the Sport Award at the Midlands Media Students' Awards last night with @bhampressclub. It was a great night and an honour to win amongst such a strong list of nominees.
- ✍️It was great to contribute to @SkySportsPL's Premier League talking points ahead of the midweek fixtures. Check out my thoughts on six of the matches here:
- Delighted to have come second in the @theofficialfwa Vikki Orvice Student Writer of the Year Award among so many great writers! Congratulations to Reshma and Juliet on their superb pieces. 👏BREAKING - we are delighted to announce the winners of our Student Football Writing awards. Congratulations to Tom Chambers, Reshma Rao and Aayush Majumdar for winning the Hugh McIlvanney, Vikki Orvice and Unheard Voices awards respectively. Full details here:
- I had a great day at @TheAthleticFC Talent ID today. I took part in a number of workshops, talks and news writing tasks and got a taste for life at The Athletic. Hopefully I’ll be back again one day. 🤞
