About YSN
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Julie Nikkel, Parent

“My son has had the privilege of experiencing the YSN Sports Broadcasting Academy for a year! He has learned so much from the classes and the opportunities given through the program! What was promised from this class was given with even more than we had hoped! What a joy to have someone else invest in my son and his dreams!”

A unique extra-curricular activity, the YSN Sports Broadcasting Academy is a 2-hour weekly training over 13-weeks. While our program focuses on the foundations of sports broadcasting, students are also introduced to other career paths in the professional sports arena.

Students receive extensive professional development training giving them a significant edge over their peers. Exposure to these skill sets benefit our graduates regardless of their ultimate career choice. Students also begin to establish extremely valuable relationships and contacts within the highest levels of the sport broadcasting industry. Each week fellow classmates and a faculty member from all over the United States log into a live and interactive online classroom (video conference).

College admissions committees and departments consider myriad of factors in the admissions decision. One factor underestimated by many students (and parents) is the extra-curricular activities in which students participated while in high school.

Must Watch: Presented by Jeff Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, Yale University.

Must Read: YSN Graduate Success Story - Freshman, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. here

Program Highlights/Benefits LessLess

Graduates receive YSN certification (80% attendance required)
Two consecutive online class hours per week
10-week web-based curriculum from the comfort and convenience of home
Faculty members - seasoned sports broadcasting professionals with real-world experience
Job shadowing experience
Opportunity to upload short, on-location sports segments on our website (for selected YSN Reporters)
Build valuable sports broadcasting professional contacts nationwide now
Program developed by professional sports broadcasters for young aspiring sports broadcasters
Online educational experience
Community of learners - interaction and practice with & classmates anytime/anywhere
Start sports broadcasting career now...before college
Proves to future college admissions committees and future employers that the Academy student has invested early in pursuit of a sports-related career
Build confidence, poise, composure, and develop public speaking skills regardless of career choice
Professional Development