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
On the Web:
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.
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