Joey Wright is a Sports Journalist at The News-Gazette and WDWS/WHMS/WKIO radio. He covers a range of topics including prep and college sports, with a focus on football, basketball, and golf, particularly in the Big Ten and Illinois regions. Joey's work has been featured in prominent outlets such as Yahoo News, Effingham Daily News, and the Belleville News-Democrat.
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Joey Wright's coverage primarily focuses on local sports events, particularly high school sports and prep highlights in the Champaign area. Given this focus, he would likely be most responsive to pitches related to local sporting events, standout performances by athletes or teams, and interviews with coaches or players from the covered region.
Since Joey's coverage attributes indicate a strong emphasis on event coverage and evolving stories within the local sports scene, relevant story angles could include exclusive insights into upcoming games or tournaments, profiles of exceptional young athletes making an impact in their sport, and human interest pieces highlighting the dedication and achievements of local teams.
Given his specific geographic focus on Champaign as well as Illinois more broadly, tailored pitches that highlight connections to these areas are likely to resonate best.
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By: Joey Wright
“I'm so proud of the resiliency that our team went through,” STM senior Addie Kerr said. “That's not an easy thing to go through, especially when they were up for the majority of that second set and we were a few points away from ending our season.”
joey wright, the news-gazette, champaign-urbana, ill. Nov. 9—MONTICELLO — Ike Young hadn't played quarterback much before his senior season.
A strong family dynamic has been a key to the success of Po' Boys in Urbana for a decade and a half.
By: Joey Wright
LEXINGTON — Addison Lucht is used to playing on big stages. So are her teammates on the Cissna Park volleyball team, which defeated
"We're one year older, so the experience really helps. We've been in this situation before, so it just gives us a little bit of confidence."
Nov. 18—Roughly 300 high school athletes dropped by The News-Gazette's newsroom Sunday afternoon for our annual "Faces of Winter" photoshoot.
CISSNA PARK — Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin’s girls’ basketball team dispatched Armstrong-Potomac in a 50-42 decision at Cissna Park, with 14 points from Gentry Elson and 13 points from Ava Acton making the
CISSNA PARK — Cissna Park's girls' basketball team secured a 40-9 win over Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin thanks to 14 points from Addison Lucht and 11 points from Josie Neukomm, with a 17-7
Nov. 22—CISSNA PARK — Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin's girls' basketball team (1-2) secured a 30-21 win over Momence at Cissna Park's season-opening
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