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Michael Stinton covers the sport of golf for Golfing Magazine. [CR-LF]He was a contributing writer for the magazine for a few years before returning in 2003 to write and edit the magazine.[CR-LF]His first article, upon his return, on the REMAX Long Drive Contest with Golfing Magazine was awarded the 2003 ING Media Award for Competition. It was the magazine's first ING Media Award.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Stinton began his writing career in 1986 when he wrote for several publications in the Murdoch Magazine fold. He then joined the daily newspaper industry, where he was a general news, business and travel writer for The Boston Herald.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Although he was originally a magazine and newspaper reporter, Mr. Stinton also had a television career, which began at ESPN in 1989. He was hired by ESPN as an assignment editor in charge of gathering news for their award winning news program, "SportsCenter." [CR-LF] In addition, he was also the editor on the investigative news program "Outside the Lines," for which he received three Emmy Awards and one Cable Ace Award for Sports Journalism.[CR-LF]In the television industry, Mr. Stinton is one of the original members of the team that started the Golf Channel in 1995. [CR-LF]He served as the network's news manager for seven years before returning to ESPN in 2001. During this time, Mr. Stinton was responsible for the network's nightly news program "Golf Central," oversaw the on-air talent and tournaments they covered, and was the coordinator of the live tournaments that aired on the network. He won a Cable Ace award for his work on "Golf Central."[CR-LF][CR-LF]As the current coordinating producer for "ESPN SportsCenter" and "ESPNews," Mr. Stinton covers all sports. His responsibilities include overseeing the production staff that works on each show, and approving all news elements, video and scripts.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Stinton graduated from St. Bonaventure University with a degree in mass communication.

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