The BarnBurner Network is pleased to announce that it will be welcoming students of The College of Sports Media to broadcast on the newly launched BarnBurner TV Network with partner ZingoTV.
The College of Sports Media is a modest private career college in a city overcome by ostentatious post-secondary education. The Yonge and Dundas area has been painted Ryerson’s blue and gold, the St. George vicinity is effectively University of Toronto land, and George Brown’s banners are unavoidable on Adelaide East. But right in the middle of the city, in a lower-level former agency-space on George Street, post-secondary students are being groomed to take over the sports media industry. So even if you don’t see them now, there’s a good chance you’ll see a whole lot of them later.
TORONTO, Nov. 23, 2017 /CNW/ – In 10 short years, The College of Sports Media (CSM) has set the Canadian standard for graduates to transition from academics to the professional workplace and flourish. The practical teaching philosophy, expert faculty, and impressive 75% graduate success rate have been driving forces in the programs growing popularity.
This past Sunday, 10 years to the day the college was launched, CSM welcomed back alumni and instructors to celebrate the milestone and to share how their experiences in the program helped pave the way and best prepare them for careers in all areas of the industry.
CSM has a sterling reputation in the national media for having the strongest and most prepared graduates in broadcasting, not only sports but news media as well. Both on air and in all production roles CSM graduates are the best in the country.
The faculty is comprised of industry experts including Evanka Osmak, John Shannon, and Hugh Burrill among many others, providing the most up-to-date, current and relevant professional training.
Alumni including Faizal Khamisa, Shawn McKenzie and Jesse Rubinoff all from Sportsnet, Pat Mayo from Draftkings, Phil Perkins from CHCH, Nick Alberga from SiriusXM, and many other graduates working in all areas of the industry spoke to why CSM has become an important and vital part of the national sports broadcasting landscape.
“I haven’t seen many of these people in some time and to witness the growth not only professionally but personally is truly special,” President David Lanys explains. “To know that CSM provided the foundation for hundreds of success stories is truly enriching. Proof positive that in 10 short years the initial vision of CSM becoming an industry leader has turned into reality.”
One of their most notable success stories is that of Shawn McKenzie. Shawn graduated in 2012 and is now a member of the Hockey Night in Canada team on Sportsnet, which has created a friendly rivalry with his father, Bob McKenzie, who has been at TSN for decades.
If it seems there are more TV reporters and cameras around the Rexall Centre for this year’s Rogers Cup events, you’re not imagining it — there are. The three-year-old College of Sports Media has an arrangement with Tennis Canada to provide a ‘real’ media experience again this year for its students, during one of the major sports events in the world.
Canada has grown to become an appealing place for international students. Not only is it one of the safest places to go to in the world; Canada (and particularly major cities like Toronto and Vancouver) also has a wealth of cultural diversity that is truly inviting to foreign students from everywhere in the world.
Jim Van Horne sits behind the desk, papers in front of him, his familiar baritone delivering every word with authority. But this is not the television sports anchor desk that Van Horne sat at for two decades and the papers do not contain hockey scores. This is a classroom at Canada’s newest college and the first private school to offer an exclusive sports broadcasting course.
Calling it “a dream come true”, David Lanys opened the doors of the new College of Sports Media to its first student enrolls, embarking on a comprehensive program of career training for the next generation of sports broadcasting professionals.
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