ABOUT ME
Pranav Prasanna
From a well-timed football tackle​ to an artistic cricketing cover drive, I admire the techniques required to play the sport.
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The 12th Man is a platform to discuss the techniques used by the storytellers to bring a game or an event to life. Sports journalism in the 21st century is at its best, and this project is one way to discuss how society, news and technology blend into one.
Explore the life of freelance sports journalists, challenges women face in sports journalism, how broadcast journalism has made an impact in the United Arab Emirates and much more!
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- a true sports aficionado
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Why sports journalism?
My passion lies in an industry that guarantees little job security and everyone is pivoting to alternative media. But this is one industry that plays a crucial role in protecting the pious nature of sport and its value.
Hence, interacting with some of the guardians of the sport (the journalists), who hold the people in power to account, was insightful and informative to me before setting out to make a professional career as a sports journalist.
If there is an advice to give myself and to the readers, I would suggest one to never get too attached to their work.