{"id":2455,"date":"2021-10-07T10:20:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2021-10-11T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:30:33","slug":"trailblazing-sportswriter-claire-smith-will-lead-claire-smith-sports-media-center-at-temple-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/trailblazing-sportswriter-claire-smith-will-lead-claire-smith-sports-media-center-at-temple-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailblazing Sportswriter Claire Smith Will Lead Claire Smith Sports Media Center At Temple University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don&#8217;t know the name Claire Smith, you need to for she&#8217;s a pioneer in sports journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, after a long and decorated career in sports media, Smith added another accolade to her trendsetting resume: Co-Director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media at Temple University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, Claire Smith will lead a sports media center named after her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Claire Smith Center will prepare Temple students for the fast-changing world of sports media, giving them a solid foundation in the values personified by Claire: ethics, integrity, and excellence,\u201d said David Boardman, dean of the Klein College, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/sports\/claire-smith-temple-sports-media-center-20211006.html\">in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Claire Smith Center for Sports Media at Temple University\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qow-oQUXHHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith, a 1979 Temple grad, was the first woman to be honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania native studied journalism at the university and worked in the state for the Bucks County Courier and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1982 she made history by moving to the Hartford Courant to cover the New York Yankees. That made her the first woman to receive a full-time assignment to cover baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1990, she became the New York Times&#8217; national baseball writer before returning home as an editor and columnist for The Inquirer from 1998 to 2007. 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The latter is obvious by the big names who have donated to Temple&#8217;s Klein College of Media and Communication to help establish <a href=\"https:\/\/klein.temple.edu\/clairesmithcenter\">the Claire Smith Media Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list includes MLB, who donated $350,000, ESPN, Stephen A. 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