TURF Presents BWB4 Hosted by Bloomberg Sports
Sports new media conference announces return to New York City, All-Star lineup and primary sponsor and host.
New York, August 30, 2011 — HHR Media Group and Modern Hombre are proud to announce the lineup and primary sponsors of this year’s sports and new media conference, BWB4 to be held September 24 2011. The event will be present by TURF, a responsible tailgating awareness program in partnership with Charmer Sunbelt Group and Brown-Forman, and will be hosted by Bloomberg Sports at the media giant’s global headquarters in New York City.
This year’s lineup is comprised of a diverse group that includes featured panelist, NFL Player Association Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs George Atallah, competitive eating champion Takeru Kobyashi, journalists/television personalities Josh Elliott, Kevin Blackistone and Jemele Hill, writers, editors and executives from some of the top online outlets including Big Lead Sports, Bleacher Report, Deadspin, SB Nation, Women Talk Sports and Yahoo!; sports media journalists like SI’s Richard Deitsch, and cutting-edge digital agencies such as R/GA, Carrot Creative and Deep Focus.
In addition to the all-star lineup, this year’s BWB will feature the First Annual Untitled Sports Media Awards Project (#USMAP), an event aimed at determining the best and brightest in sports media, giving a true voice to sports fans through online and social media. Thousands of nominations were submitted for the 15 different categories that span traditional and new media platforms. Voting for the best in sports media is open to the public at Facebook.com/TurfZone until September 16th.
Confirmed participants to date:
AJ Daulerio, Deadspin
Amanda Rykoff, espnW
Amy K. Nelson, ESPN
Barry Petchesky, Deadspin
Bill Squadron, Bloomberg Sports
Bomani Jones
Chris Russo, Big Lead Sports
Dan Levy, Bleacher Report
Dan Shanoff, Quickish
David Finocchio, Bleacher Report
Dom Cosentino, Deadspin
Emma Carmichael, Deadspin
Eric Kay, CBS
George Atallah, NFLPA
Ian Schafer, Deep Focus
Ives Galarcep, Soccer by Ives/FoxSports.com
Jack Dickey, Deadspin
Jamie Mottram, Yahoo!
Jane McManus, ESPN NY
Jason McIntyre, The Big Lead
Jay Busbee, Yahoo! Sports
JE Skeets, The Basketball Jones
Jemele Hill, ESPN
Jim Cooke, Deadspin
Jimmy Traina, SI.com
Joe Favorito, Fatherknickerbocker PR
Joe Fortenbaugh, National Football Post
John Thornton, Retired NFL
Josh Elliott, Good Morning America
Josh Zerkle, Bleacher Report
Kathleen Hessert, Sports Media Challenge
Kevin Blackistone
Lang Whitaker, SLAM/The Classical
Luke O’Brien, Deadspin
Maggie Hendricks, NBC Chicago/Y! Sports
Mark Pesavanto, Yahoo! Sports
Matt Sebek, Joe Sports Fan
Matt Ufford, KSK/Warming Glow
Matthew Cerrone, MetsBlog/SNY
Megan Hueter, Women Talk Sports
Michael Hall, NESN
Mike Germano, Carrot Creative
Nando DiFino, Wall Street Journal
Phil van der Vossen, Gunaxin Sports/Caps Outsider
Richard Deitsch, SI
Richard Ting, R/GA
Rick Liebling, Coyne
Sarah Braesch, Draft Day Suit
Tas Melas, The Basketball Jones
Takeru Kobayashi
Tom Fant, NBAOffseason.com/Tumblr Sports
Tom Scocca, Deadspin
Tommy Craggs, Deadspin
Trei Brundrett, SB Nation
Trey Kerby, The Basketball Jones
About BWB
BWB is the leading sports new media event series in the country. Our events have been attended by thousands nationwide.
BWB events have included participation and attendance from not only a wide spectrum of sport-specific websites of all sizes, but also representatives from newspapers, television and radio, and several of the most recognized national public relations, marketing and advertising firms.
BWB aims to meet three objectives:
- Facilitate best practice discussions for the online sports media community
- Educate companies and advertisers on how to best utilize online sports opinion influencers and how to best interact with their audiences
- Provide insight and strategy for athletes, teams, leagues and their representatives who are looking to tap into emerging mediums
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http://blogswithballs.com
@blogswithballs
Facebook.com/blogswithballs
About TURF
TURF, Tailgaters Urging Responsibility and Fun, is a responsible tailgating awareness program in partnership with The Charmer Sunbelt Group and Brown Forman. The TURF objective is to encourage responsible drinking before (tailgating) and during sporting events. For more about TURF and how you can get involved visit them at www.Facebook.com/TURFzone.
