Beyond the Pitch: Football

EPL coverage of a Korean football journalist belonging to the Football Writer's Association

7 May 2022 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (BST) / 18:00 p.m.-19:00 p.m. (KST)

From Ji-sung Park to Heung-min Son, and from Sung-yong Ki and Cheong-yong Lee to Hee-chan Hwang. The EPL is the best sports league in the world, and Korea's top football stars continue to play in the EPL. What kind of process they go through to enter the press pen, what kind of activities they do, and how do they write articles? Reporter Seongmo Lee is a football journalist, columnist, author, and translator. He became a member of The Football Writers’ Association with a direct invitation from the president of FWA for the first time during the EPL field coverage of Korean football media that started in 2005. He will share the whole experiences as a football writer in the webinar.

Seongmo Lee - The first and only football journalist and columnist in Korea to join the FWA. He worked as a reporter for media such as [Seoul Newspaper], [Sports Seoul], and [Goal.com Korea], and wrote an independent column for [Naver] and [Daum]. From 2015 to 2020, he lived in the UK and Spain, covering European media sites. He is the author of 『I want to be a Chelsea expert more than anyone else』, 『I want to be a Manchester United expert more than anyone else』, 『I want to be an Arsenal expert more than anyone else』, and 『I want to be a Liverpool expert more than anyone else』.

[ZOOM Webinar]

Date: Saturday 7th May 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. (BST) / 18:00 p.m.-19:00 p.m. (KST)

Venue: ZOOM Webinar

Apply by May 4th through Eventbrite – KCCUK will share the webinar link on 5th May