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Seton Hall seniors Farnsworth Hendrickson and Miguel Freire will be in New Orleans covering Super Bowl LIX as part of the\u00a0Center for Sports Media\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0new\u00a0Pirates in the Field<\/a>\u00a0program. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is one of six experiential learning activities the Center is offering during the 2024-25 academic school year. Others include the Final Four, Big East Tournament and NCAA Men\u2019s East Regional.<\/p>\n The students, who went through a comprehensive application process, will work with\u00a0Center for Sports Media\u00a0<\/a>Executive Director\u00a0B.J. Schecter<\/a>\u00a0to produce content and pitch stories to local and national media outlets.<\/p>\n \u201cOur students should dream big!\u201d says\u00a0Bryan Crable, Ph.D.<\/a>, founding dean of the\u00a0College of Human Development, Culture, and Media<\/a>. Seeing that this type of program could differentiate Seton Hall from other institutions with outstanding sports media programs, Crable worked with Schecter to provide resources for these experiences.<\/p>\n When the Philadelphia Eagles face off against the Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome, Hendrickson and Freire will be there to chronicle Kansas City\u2019s quest for a threepeat. They\u2019ll also be in New Orleans all week to produce stories, videos and podcasts. When asked about his goals for the trip, Freire responded, \u201cNumber one, to familiarize myself with the media side of a prestigious American Sport, plus present Seton Hall as a go-to destination for anyone interested in entering the sports media field.\u201d<\/p>\n A selfless individual, Freire \u2014 \u00a0a visual and sound media major\u2014 is excited about the opportunity to expand his horizons in sports media while representing Seton Hall in a positive light. \u201cI am so thankful for Seton Hall and B.J. Schecter for trusting me in this new experience,\u201d Freire said.<\/p>\n Visual and sound media-major Hendrickson is looking forward to being surrounded by prestigious media networks like FOX, CBS and ESPN. With a myriad of responsibilities during the Super Bowl week, Hendrickson will be laser-focused on \u201cgaining a more educational experience about the entertainment industry.\u201d One aspect of the role Hendrickson will look to keep improving is his communication skills. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be the smartest person in the world, as long as you know how to communicate effectively, you can go far,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The other prime event for the Pirates in the Field program will be the NCAA men\u2019s Final Four in San Antonio. Senior Jackson Shank and junior Tim Lang were selected for that experience. \u201cThe Center for Sports Media has provided us with once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and to cover an event like the Final Four would be a dream come true,\u201d Shank said.<\/p>\n As a journalism major, Shank is involved with WSOU and Pirate Sports Network at Seton Hall. Lang, who is a visual and sound media major and also works for Pirate Sports Network, has built up his own photography company called TL Photos and is eager to experience the Final Four.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to be able to meet as many people as possible that I can learn from, in such a fast-paced environment that every major news outlet in the country will be there for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pirates in the Field initiative has done wonders for Seton Hall students, giving them the ability to cover big-time events with the national media,\u201d said Schecter.<\/p>\n Teams were assembled to cover Big East men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball Media Days last fall and the Coretta Scott King Women\u2019s Basketball Classic in mid-January. With the hopes of expanding this program to future events such as the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics, the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall continues to evolve.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re dedicated to helping students navigate this ever-changing media world and giving them a leg up on the competition,\u201d Schecter added. \u201cGiving them the opportunity to rub shoulders with the national media at some of the nation\u2019s biggest sporting events will serve them in so many ways. We\u2019re opening the door for deserving young media professionals and now it\u2019s up to them to kick it open.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Seton Hall seniors Farnsworth Hendrickson and Miguel Freire will be in New Orleans covering Super Bowl LIX as part of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pitf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/centerforsportsmedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}