Category: Press Release

NEW ORLEANS [January 28, 2025] – The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUACU) is pleased to announce uReport as the official AI-assisted tool for generating sports content of the HBCUAC.

“We are thrilled about our partnership between uReport and the HBCU Athletic Conference,” says uReport CEO/President Peter Fitzpatrick. “uReport will be able to take coverage of all HBCUAC athletic events to the next level, highlighting all the great achievements of its student-athletes and providing rich content for every team and program.”

uReport provides a wide range of activity and event input modules, each covering various activities and multiple topics. All inputs are expertly developed and refined by industry professionals, allowing organizations to cover all activities seamlessly.

HBCUAC Commissioner Kiki Baker Barnes, PhD said as the landscape of athletics and communications changes, the conference needs to keep up. “We choose to embrace technology and AI,” she stated. “Our team does a great job with pushing out content and stories, and I’ve always been a firm believer in using the tools that help us increase and improve productivity. uReport is one of those tools that will empower us.”

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About uReport:
uReport allows organizations to tell their own stories, cover their own events and provide content about important topics through a human powered, AI assisted web-platform. The service creates full, AP-style articles about activities and other topics that are easily shared via social media.  uReport is patent-pending and comes with proprietary security permissions to allow easy use throughout any organization.

About HBCU Athletic Conference
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Oakwood University (AL), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s track and field, women’s volleyball, softball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visit hbcuac.org.

Cleveland, OH – uReport has signed on as the official content partner for the Wiley College Athletic Department.

uReport allows athletics departments to tell stories, cover events, and provide content about important topics through a human-powered, AI-assisted web platform. This includes writing AP-style articles that can be easily shared on social media.

“We are thrilled about our partnership with Wiley College,” said uReport President & CEO Peter Fitzpatrick. “uReport will be able to make a big difference for Wiley College by providing a tool that maximizes and grows content and coverage of every sport and important topic within the athletic department. At the same time, it can reduce some real-world stress for the staff by saving time and expanding coverage resources.”

DistrictWON, the company that owns and operates uReport, is dedicated to delivering influential messaging deep into communities. Their purpose-driven approach ensures that even when resources are limited, stories are not.

“As demands on athletics personnel continue to intensify, uReport aims to expand coverage to help maximize important sport-related content,” said Director of Athletics Rafael Gonzalez “This partnership will alleviate resource and time restraints that we face on a daily basis.”

ABOUT WILEY COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Wiley College athletics competes at the collegiate level as part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The college is a member of the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) and offers a range of sports for both men and women. These include basketball, cross country, track and field, and volleyball, among others. Wiley College has a strong tradition in athletics, with a focus on developing student-athletes both academically and athletically. The college’s sports teams are known as the Wildcats, and they strive for excellence in competition, teamwork, and sportsmanship

ABOUT UREPORT
uReport allows organizations to tell their own stories, cover their own events and provide content about important topics through a human powered, AI assisted web-platform. The service expands resources tremendously and creates full, AP-style articles about activities and other topics that are easily shared via social media. uReport is patent-pending and comes with proprietary security permissions to allow easy use throughout any organization.