Colorado State University Athletics
Mike Brohard joining communications team in content development role
4/23/2019 2:00:00 PM | General, RamWire
Long-time sports editor at Loveland Reporter-Herald will enhance CSU’s story-telling capabilities
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—The Colorado State Athletics Department has made an addition to enhance story-telling across all of its athletics programs with the hire of long-time Loveland Reporter-Herald sports editor Mike Brohard as assistant director of communications and content development.
Brohard will begin his duties on April 29, and will contribute to the department's creation of content in various formats, while also handling publicity for several sport programs. He will be responsible for feature writing for the department's RamWire initiative on CSURams.com, as well as beat coverage and multimedia contributions to tell the stories of CSU's student-athletes, coaches and staff.
"The addition of Mike Brohard to our communications and media team will enhance the great work already being done by our external units within Athletics to tell our story," said Joe Parker, director of athletics. "His storytelling expertise, coupled with his strong relationships and knowledge of CSU Athletics, will mesh well with our talented team in RamVision, social and digital media and graphic design to greatly expand and diversify of storytelling capabilities."
A Colorado native, Brohard has been sports editor at the Loveland Reporter-Herald since 2001 and has covered Colorado State Athletics longer than any reporter in the market. He began working for the paper as a sports writer in 1992 and was promoted to assistant sports editor in 1996. Brohard has been the beat reporter for CSU football since 2002 and for CSU volleyball since 2012, and has written numerous feature stories on CSU Athletics in his 27-year tenure with the newspaper.
Brohard is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado where he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in public relations and advertising. He began his career as a sports writer with the Jamestown (N.D.) Sun, and has covered the Olympics, the Stanley Cup Finals and a Super Bowl in addition to producing hundreds of local stories about youth, high school and collegiate athletics.
Mike and his wife Debbie have two daughters, Abbie and Josie, and reside in Loveland.
Brohard will begin his duties on April 29, and will contribute to the department's creation of content in various formats, while also handling publicity for several sport programs. He will be responsible for feature writing for the department's RamWire initiative on CSURams.com, as well as beat coverage and multimedia contributions to tell the stories of CSU's student-athletes, coaches and staff.
"The addition of Mike Brohard to our communications and media team will enhance the great work already being done by our external units within Athletics to tell our story," said Joe Parker, director of athletics. "His storytelling expertise, coupled with his strong relationships and knowledge of CSU Athletics, will mesh well with our talented team in RamVision, social and digital media and graphic design to greatly expand and diversify of storytelling capabilities."
A Colorado native, Brohard has been sports editor at the Loveland Reporter-Herald since 2001 and has covered Colorado State Athletics longer than any reporter in the market. He began working for the paper as a sports writer in 1992 and was promoted to assistant sports editor in 1996. Brohard has been the beat reporter for CSU football since 2002 and for CSU volleyball since 2012, and has written numerous feature stories on CSU Athletics in his 27-year tenure with the newspaper.
Brohard is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado where he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism with a minor in public relations and advertising. He began his career as a sports writer with the Jamestown (N.D.) Sun, and has covered the Olympics, the Stanley Cup Finals and a Super Bowl in addition to producing hundreds of local stories about youth, high school and collegiate athletics.
Mike and his wife Debbie have two daughters, Abbie and Josie, and reside in Loveland.
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