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Ely

Corliss

Studying:
Bachelor of Media and Communications
Majoring in Sports Media

Find out about my academic journey through my degree here

About Me

My name is Ely Corliss and I am 20-years-old. I was born and raised in Sydney and have only recently moved out of home to conduct my studies at the University of Canberra. I’m approaching the end of my first year at UC and still have two years left of studying. Currently I am studying a Bachelor of Communications and Media, majoring in Sports Media.

 

All my life, I have aspired to become a sports journalist who can cover a multitude of sports both nationally and internationally. Hoping to start my career off as a sports journalist, my ultimate goal is to have a job commentating sports. I love to watch as much sport as possible and practice writing articles and commentating games in order to enhance my skills and various attributes in the sports media discipline. Over the coming years of my degree I hope to build connections with industry professionals and become as good a sports journalist I can be.

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As I began my studies at the University of Canberra in semester 2 last year, my degree will come to a conclusion midway through 2023. I hope that during this time I continue to build upon the fundamentals of sports journalism and commentating, to the point where I am ready to immediately enter the sports media industry following my studies. The electives I plan to pick will contribute to expanding my knowledge about sport as they will be closely related to it.

 

In the five years following university, I will be aiming to have a job in the sports media industry initially as a journalist. The steps to my career goal of being a commentator will have to begin with this as in order to reach those higher levels of the industry, you have to prove your knowledge and work ethic first. I have taken steps to achieving my dream by creating my own blog on the side of university which has articles and podcasts that I promote through my social media. By doing this, I hope that I prove to future employers that I am capable of the workload expected in the sports media industry and have the skills required to succeed.

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Influence In The Sports Media Landscape The I Follow:

Industries:

- https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/latest-news

- https://wwos.nine.com.au/

- https://www.espn.com.au/

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Other Media Sources I Follow On Instagram:

- @houseofhighlights

- @blokeinabar

- @nba

- @sidelinesourcees

- @aflcentral

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