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Move Up: Uncommon advice to advance your sportscasting career
Move Uncommon Advice to Advance Your Sportscasting Career
Breaking into sports broadcasting is hard.
Moving up is even harder.
Move Up is not another generic motivation book or a collection of surface-level tips. It’s a practical, experience-driven guide for sportscasters who want to separate themselves in a crowded, competitive industry, and build a career with real momentum.
Written by longtime sportscasting mentor and STAA founder Jon Chelesnik, Move Up delivers the lessons many broadcasters don’t learn until years into their careers, if they learn them at all. Drawing from decades of firsthand experience working with aspiring talent, hiring decision-makers, and successful broadcasters at every level, Chelesnik shares the mindset shifts, career strategies, and professional habits that consistently lead to advancement.
Inside Move Up, you’ll learn how yourself for opportunities before jobs are ever postedAvoid common (and costly) early-career mistakesBuild trust with managers, producers, and decision-makersDevelop a professional reputation that opens doorsNavigate setbacks, plateaus, and career uncertaintyTake ownership of your growth, on the air and offThe chapters are short, direct, and intentionally practical—designed to be read, re-read, and applied throughout every stage of your career.
Whether you’re a college broadcaster, a recent graduate, or a professional trying to gain traction in your first few jobs, Move Up provides uncommon advice, clear perspective, and a game plan for standing out in a business where preparation, professionalism, and self-awareness matter as much as talent.
This book won’t promise overnight success.
It will help you build something a career that moves forward.
Breaking into sports broadcasting is hard.
Moving up is even harder.
Move Up is not another generic motivation book or a collection of surface-level tips. It’s a practical, experience-driven guide for sportscasters who want to separate themselves in a crowded, competitive industry, and build a career with real momentum.
Written by longtime sportscasting mentor and STAA founder Jon Chelesnik, Move Up delivers the lessons many broadcasters don’t learn until years into their careers, if they learn them at all. Drawing from decades of firsthand experience working with aspiring talent, hiring decision-makers, and successful broadcasters at every level, Chelesnik shares the mindset shifts, career strategies, and professional habits that consistently lead to advancement.
Inside Move Up, you’ll learn how yourself for opportunities before jobs are ever postedAvoid common (and costly) early-career mistakesBuild trust with managers, producers, and decision-makersDevelop a professional reputation that opens doorsNavigate setbacks, plateaus, and career uncertaintyTake ownership of your growth, on the air and offThe chapters are short, direct, and intentionally practical—designed to be read, re-read, and applied throughout every stage of your career.
Whether you’re a college broadcaster, a recent graduate, or a professional trying to gain traction in your first few jobs, Move Up provides uncommon advice, clear perspective, and a game plan for standing out in a business where preparation, professionalism, and self-awareness matter as much as talent.
This book won’t promise overnight success.
It will help you build something a career that moves forward.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2026
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