The downtown locations are within walking distance or short rideshare to our conference.

Michigan State, Penn State and Quinnipiac earned honorable mention.

AWSM is thrilled to open registration for our 2026 conference co-sponsored by Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

AWSM is thrilled to announce our next conference will be on Aug. 9-11 in Los Angeles.

Jenny Dial Creech is a pioneering sports journalist and a mentor to dozens of high school and collegiate students.

Paola Boivin, a trailblazing female voice in sports media and the first female journalist inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, is the Association for Women in Sports Media’s 2026 recipient of the Mary Garber Pioneer Award.