Donate
  • About
  • Rent College Pads
  • Advertise
  • Privacy
Search
News
Opinions
Sports
Classifieds
Comics
BMA
Events
Subscribe

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Print Archive

Eastern Echo
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
  • Search
  • News
  • Sports
  • Opinions
  • Comics
  • Podcast
  • BMA
  • Events
  • Classifieds
Search

Subscribe to the Echo

Donate to The Echo

You can support the Echo by donating through the EMU Foundation and selecting to apply your gift to a specific fund. Any of the funds listed below will provide support to the Echo.

01049 -- EMU Echo Editor Endowed Scholarship:  Provides financial support for the current EMU Echo Editor.

02414 -- Scott Stephenson Eastern Echo Scholarship:  This expendable scholarship is for the benefit of student(s) in the School of Communication, Media & Theater Arts in the College of Arts & Sciences.  It will be awarded to a full or part-time junior or senior EMU student majoring in journalism and working for the Eastern Echo.  The student should be working to self-finance their education and not be eligible for need-based grants.

00825 -- Student Media Development:  Provides support for the Student Media program.

Thank you for supporting the Echo and EMU Student Media.

Give Now


5/4/2019, 6:00am

A Spark for Sports Writing - Frank Wladyslawski

If you follow high school sports in Downriver Michigan, you most likely know the name Frank Wladyslawski. He is a multimedia sports journalist that reports for the News-Herald and Dearborn Press & Guide. His section for the News-Herald is called the “MI

By Zach Sturgill
A Spark for Sports Writing - Frank Wladyslawski

Share

  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Mail
  • Print

If you follow high school sports in Downriver Michigan, you most likely know the name Frank Wladyslawski. He is a multimedia sports journalist that reports for the News-Herald and Dearborn Press & Guide. His section for the News-Herald is called the “MIprepzone," where he and his team of freelance reporters get the latest games and tournaments covered for the Downriver and Huron leagues.

Wladyslawski (pronounced vah-duh-SWAH-ski), said he likes his job of five years.

“It is time-consuming, but it is worth it.”

He recalled when he was just starting for the paper.

“While I was there freelancing, within a few months a full-time job opened up. I’ve been there ever since.”

He manages a team of freelance journalists that cover anywhere from hockey, to wrestling, to competitive cheer. Since he does have flexibility with schedules, he gives assignments for his team to get coverage on the high schools in the area.

“For the most part, I’ve been working by myself at the News-Herald, that is since around 2016,” Wladyslawski said. He doesn’t need to go to the offices much, as digital journalism is his focus for working at the News-Herald.

Daily routines with the job are “editing stories, checking names on players, going through photos, and uploading to the web.” He says he works from home during most of his work week. “I get out to cover games for maybe about 10 hours a week.”

Before Wladyslawski started covering sports, he was regularly attending city council meetings. He worked for Patch.com for two years, where he found his way back into being a journalist. It was one day that he had a different assignment other than city politics.

“My boss asked me to cover a baseball game. I said, ‘Baseball?’ I hadn’t done any sports yet. So, I went and that is when I started getting experience with what I do.”

Wladyslawski grew up in the Downriver area in Lincoln Park. He attended Saint Frances Cabrini High School, a catholic co-ed institution in Allen Park. There he played sports like football and basketball, but was struggling through his academics. “I didn’t have the best GPA, I was sitting at around a 1.7,” Wladyslawski said. It was around his freshman year when he improved in the classroom.

“I had an English teacher that really pushed me I high school. I feel that is when I realized that if I put forth the effort, that nothing was that difficult. He made writing fun, too. I always liked to write, and my skills got better after taking his class.”

Wladyslawski graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2001 with a double major in journalism and geography. He was involved with the Eastern Echo, and enjoyed classes like ‘News Writing and Reporting’. “I wish I got even more involved with the Echo, I could have developed some skills earlier,” he said.

Now 44 and living in Wyandotte, Wladyslawski plans on heading for vacation next month to Florida. “I always enjoyed traveling. I traveled after college and got some cool experiences.” He says he will meet a friend or two when he is down in central Florida to catch a few Detroit Tigers spring training games. On the topic of Florida, he talked about that weather compared to Michigan. Hurricanes and storms were not part of his interest when saying if he would move there.

For now, he plans on working with sports journalism. In the future, he mentioned starting his own consulting practice. “I feel schools and businesses could use someone to help with media,” Wladyslawski said. “I notice some right now that aren’t promoting themselves enough and could benefit from social media consulting.”

Share



Related Stories

NAACP President Kya Fordham reads off the list of demands of affected students at today's rally.

Recent Campus Hate Incident Displays EMU’s Lack of Protective Policy

By Malaya Elgarico and Arica Frisbey

EMU’s spanish club hosts Noche de Carerra

By Noel Saval

Bryan Alfaro enjoys the latest copy of his favorite newspaper

Former Echo Editor-in-Chief enjoys his new role teaching EMU students writing

By Allie Tomason


The Eastern Echo welcomes thoughtful discussion on all of our stories, but please keep comments civil and on-topic. Read our full guidelines here.


Most Popular


8/8/2022, 8:15am

7th annual Heritage car show returns on August 13th at Gene Butman Ford

By Sarah Schneider

The car show is open to car classes from before 1959 to now.


8/9/2022, 8:00am

Ypsilanti Town Recreation Department hosting first annual cornhole tournament


8/9/2022, 8:00am

Review: ‘Not Okay’ is a social media satire film


8/11/2022, 7:40am

EMU faculty head to the bargaining table


Podcast


2/26/2022, 7:45pm

Podcast: February 23rd, 2022


5/14/2022, 6:20pm

Podcast: May 14th, 2022


4/22/2022, 11:14am

Podcast: April 21, 2022


4/14/2022, 9:26am

Podcast: April 14, 2022


Tweets by TheEasternEcho
Eastern Michigan Echo To Homepage
  • About
  • Jobs
  • Freelance
  • Submissions
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Distribution

All Rights Reserved

© Copyright 2022 The Eastern Echo

Powered by Solutions by The State News.