{"id":52803,"date":"2024-03-18T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/?p=52803"},"modified":"2024-03-18T12:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T12:47:00","slug":"channel-863-to-itv-industry-interview-with-james-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsgazette.co.uk\/channel-863-to-itv-industry-interview-with-james-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 863 to ITV: Industry interview with James Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 31 years old, James Green decided to go back into education to begin a new career in sports journalism.<\/p>\n<p>He studied for an NCTJ diploma in News and Sport Journalism at the Press Association in 2015. At the time, he questioned the decision, but has since described it as the best of his life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back with your sport on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SkyNews<\/a> this morning. <br \/>\u2666\ufe0fPreviewing Man City vs Liverpool<br \/>\u2666\ufe0fF1 season finale<br \/>\u2666\ufe0fHarry Kane record breaker<br \/>\u2666\ufe0fMillie Bright out for the Lionesses<br \/>\u2666\ufe0fAnd much more <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qoXaVzwYzx\">pic.twitter.com\/qoXaVzwYzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Green (@JamesGreenInUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGreenInUK\/status\/1728295245949895141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThat was the moment where everything changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing at the front of the class, being the complete opposite to what I was like in school by having my hand up and answering all the questions, I loved it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James had already been a presenter, but education in the sector of sports and news gave him a renewed sense of passion for his profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt recaptured a part of my brain that was lost. I feel like it sounds ridiculous, but I just wasn&#8217;t using it in the right way that I should have been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudying reignited my love for sport again, reignited my love for journalism and wanting to do everything properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGreenInUK\/status\/1692133278365454507<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The digital age<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James credited the rise of the digital age for the growth of his online platform, regularly interacting with his followers on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere&#8217;s so many opportunities online and locally to work your way from the bottom up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou&#8217;ve all got an audience. Whether it&#8217;s just your friends, 50 friends, someone with thousands of followers or whatever. You&#8217;ve got a platform and you need to, in my opinion, use our platform for better.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id='cgFoxEY_Q152lw1X7zDUbQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2040944846' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'cgFoxEY_Q152lw1X7zDUbQ',sig:'FrdvMaawUjYcCATpUcRbiom5X7Du6MrlItg0Wb80KUk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2040944846',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social media can provide so much scope and James is encouraging young people to use the Internet to help somebody and be positive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf we can, we should all use our platform to share messages. And if you&#8217;ve got something that&#8217;s really important to you, then share it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you impact one person, brilliant. Ten people, even better. It&#8217;s about just having any sort of impact that can bring some positive light to somebody&#8217;s life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Perks of social media for young sports journalists<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The great thing about online sports journalism is that it cuts out the middle man. You can be your own boss and publish your own content, whether it be visual content on YouTube, written content on WordPress or podcasts on Spotify.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>People such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradematesports.com\/blog\/top10-football-transfer-gurus\">Fabrizio Romano, David Ornstein and Gianluca Di Marzio have huge social media followings<\/a>, bigger than entire sports news organisations.<\/p>\n<p><a id='kp5Obc_KSvdPYdjF3g39AQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1237431170' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'kp5Obc_KSvdPYdjF3g39AQ',sig:'UJ0KIV4uVlDSMwwrMzOqt2DWaXAjaylHiEZ4P_1ItW4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1237431170',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In sports media now, people tend to go to individuals for news, placing their trust in them as their source of quick and reliable information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fan channels have also thrived in the online sports media, with YouTube channels like Arsenal Fan TV, The Anfield Wrap and The United Stand popular with fans of the corresponding clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id='gJNYcqi7QBFBq4yCDvFDlQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1314061547' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'gJNYcqi7QBFBq4yCDvFDlQ',sig:'7vOw4TOocSax8KZEW4hft83Bm2rZtQ8y99SCnF9RXGo=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1314061547',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James believes online content is vital for young people to break through in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;There&#8217;s always an article, a video, practising in front of a mirror, live streams, reports, doing a live blog while watching a game. Just keep doing that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy advice to young people is there&#8217;s always more. There&#8217;s all these things that you can always do and it&#8217;s only going to help you, not hinder you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update on Jurrien Timber\u2019s ACL injury for Arsenal. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GBSo8GdHKd\">pic.twitter.com\/GBSo8GdHKd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Green (@JamesGreenInUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGreenInUK\/status\/1692098985526173832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Technological advances<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology has progressed so much in the last two decades and James shared his experience with technology and how the landscape has changed for him in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith this age of modern technology, everybody wants things now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t want to sound like a grandad, but back when I was studying at university, I didn&#8217;t really have Google to go on, I didn&#8217;t have social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id='brgN-836RnhXVug52VUzig' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1988737599' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'brgN-836RnhXVug52VUzig',sig:'Co0rNolZYzdWbLwM9_IVd8aZIEhMFyo5pwhqEoAl7cs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1988737599',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was in a library researching. The Internet was getting better, but we were reading books all the time and it was really hard work. We had to graft to get that knowledge in, whereas now, you go on your phone, go to Google and bang, there&#8217;s your answer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James elaborated on the idea that everything is expected now in the digital age, applying this mindset to the way young people look for jobs after education, especially in sports media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a id='Sd2EvBlrSRt_r4gLeatCbQ' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2008097171' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Sd2EvBlrSRt_r4gLeatCbQ',sig:'p5fZGSe8hWit37SAyM6amIn6BwlXUn6w5YvEax6aHGk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2008097171',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a perception nowadays that you get to that phase of your life and it&#8217;s like, right, where&#8217;s BBC? Where&#8217;s Sky? Where&#8217;s ITV? I&#8217;ve done my degree and I&#8217;ve done great, where&#8217;s my job? And it turns out there\u2019s only one or two top places for the whole country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy key thing is just to be patient. You can&#8217;t compare your journey to others because everybody else is on a different journey, and that&#8217;s the hardest thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCertainly when you&#8217;re younger, it&#8217;s really tough, and I made that mistake many times in the past where I&#8217;m looking at someone else who&#8217;s busier than me or doing a job, and I scratch my head and go, I don&#8217;t understand. But you just can&#8217;t because it&#8217;s wasted energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Working your way up<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James spoke about his own journey in presenting, how he navigated his way through the media to where he is now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI&#8217;ve done everything. Whether it was an obscure casino channel on channel 863 to ITV, everything I&#8217;ve done is for that buzz, excitement and adrenaline of live TV.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"James Green Presenting Showreel 2016\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dPUfmskaQFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>James is now a freelance presenter for Sky News, Sky Sports News and works many other roles as a live events host.<\/p>\n<p>He shared his knowledge on current top presenters and the journey they had to get to where they are now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I joined Sky at 35. There\u2019s no rush to get your face on TV. Take Tom White and Laura Woods as examples.<\/p>\n<p><a id='HB69o9aMRChz17jFjXTvlw' class='gie-single' href='http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1980209894' target='_blank' style='color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;'>Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HB69o9aMRChz17jFjXTvlw',sig:'0B8b3fur_53oD1Fz0BlXWy_o9X4MUejtVscnWEbqY2o=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1980209894',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBoth are big presenters and both started out as runners at Sky. They started and at the bottom, worked their way up, waited for their opportunity while learning what happens behind the scenes to develop their skills as they go <\/span>on.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City midfielder Kalvin Phillips is back in the UK and expected in London in the next 24 hours for a West Ham United medical \u2692\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XY5W1uG4ZO\">pic.twitter.com\/XY5W1uG4ZO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1750073141517341144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you use your time wisely and build up all your experience, you&#8217;ll be fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Challenges of social media<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James spoke on the obstacles that social media can bring regarding online hate and abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOver the years, I\u2019ve been incredibly lucky that I haven&#8217;t suffered much abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI&#8217;m doing my research, preparing how I should be, that I&#8217;m not making any shortcuts, that when I&#8217;m on air, I&#8217;m making sure that I am doing the best job I possibly can so that I&#8217;m not making a massive error or a massive howler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1674420533549731845<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">industry is tough and you&#8217;ve got to have rhino skin. You&#8217;ve got to be a sponge to soak up every ounce of information possible because you never know when you&#8217;re going to need to use it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When applying for jobs, young people often face a lot of rejections and James wanted to highlight how best to take these rejections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cNavigating the media world isn\u2019t easy. The rejections, the constant no replies on emails, phone calls, messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesGreenInUK\/status\/1664994353947746306<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You&#8217;ve got to be tough. 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