Employment Experience
Assistant Sports Editor - January 1996 to present
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) - Washington, D.C.
Duties include: Editing daily copy for newspaper clients
Editing copy for long-term special projects
Writing commentaries and opinion articles for MCT
Sports Copy Editor/Writer - July 1985 to October 1995
Newsday - Long Island, New York
Duties included: Editing daily stories,
writing headlines and cutlines.
Also wrote feature stories and commentaries on issue-oriented topics and subjects,
usually for the Sunday paper.
Sports Copy Editor - April 1983 to May 1985
The Wichita Eagle-Beacon - Wichita, Kansas
Duties included: Editing daily stories,
writing headlines and cutlines, and
performing news wire duties.
Sports Writer - October 1981 to March 1983
The Union-Recorder - Milledgeville, Georgia
Duties included: Writing game and feature stories on high school and college sports,
and writing weekly sports column.
Instructor - August 1981 to October 1981
Piedmont Technical College - Roxboro, North Carolina
Taught classes in basic writing techniques.
General Assignment Reporter-Intern - January 1981 to April 1981
Raleigh News and Observer - Raleigh, North Carolina
Intern - January 1980 to June 1980
University of North Carolina News Bureau - Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Duties included: Writing press releases and feature articles about research,
academics and public events concerning the university
Work-Related Experience
Appeared on the syndicated Geraldo talk show for discussions on the O.J. Simpson case
I was under contract with Black Entertainment Television (BET) for occasional appearances
on its weekly sports talk show, The Budweiser Sports Report
Appeared on Our Voices, a general public affairs show that airs on BET
I have done spot commentary via telephone for St. Louis radio station KATZ's sports talk show
Published Works
Entire articles or portions of articles written by Gregory Clay have appeared in the following books:
Black College Football, 1892-1992: One Hundred Years of History, Education and Pride (by Michael Hurd)
Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones (by John Klawitter)
They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers (by Ron Thomas)
American Voices: Culture and Community (by Dolores Laguardia and Hans P. Guth)
Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream (by Wayne Dawkins)
By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race (by Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown)
How to Play the Sports Recruiting Game and Get an Athletic Scholarship: The Handbook and Guide to Success for the African-American High School Student (by Rodney J. McKissic)
College Education
B.A. degree in journalism, with an emphasis in biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduated in 1980
Major college courses
- Copy editing
- Public affairs reporting
- Vertebrate embryology
- Basic etymology
College Experience
While attending college, I received a grant from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to cover tuition and fees.
In 1984, I was accepted into the journalism graduate school at New York University, but chose not to attend because of lack of funds.
Awards
While in Georgia, I won three awards from the Georgia Sports Writers Association in the 50,000
and under category.
- 1982, Second place, best feature-series story
- 1982, Second place, best deadline story
- 1982, Third place, best college story
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