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About Joelle Harms

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Harms is the Digital Media Content Producer for North Coast Media. She completed her undergraduate degree at Ohio University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Creative Writing Specialization from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism. Harms specifically creates content for NCM’s Golfdom, GPS World, Geospatial Solutions and Athletic Turf digital properties including eNewsletters, social media and websites. She can be reached at jharms@northcoastmedia.net.

Posts by Joelle Harms

Best practices for building, maintaining sand-based fields Posted on 23 Sep 2015 in the News & Top Stories categories.

Pacific Northwest Extension Publishing, which encompasses Oregon State University, Washington State University and the University of Idaho, has produced two publications regarding the construction and maintenance of sand-based athletic fields. “Best Management Practices... Read more»

How Rio Tinto keeps its pitch at its peak Posted on 21 Aug 2015 in the Football/Soccer & Top Stories categories.

Dan Farnes, director of fields and grounds at Rio Tinto Stadium, first landed his job by answering to a Craigslist ad. See how Farnes and his crew are managing the field, which has seen twice the amount of traffic this year. Read more»

Abby Wambach teams up with RISE to support natural turf Posted on 30 Jul 2015 in the Industry & Top Stories categories.

RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) and Abby Wambach, co-captain of the World Cup champion U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, have announced a partnership to raise awareness about the benefits of natural... Read more»

Time-lapse video: Boise State’s blue field gets green grass makeover Posted on 15 Jul 2015 in the Football/Soccer & Top Stories & Video categories.

Boise State University’s renowned blue Astro Turf synthetic football field has been transitioned to green natural grass for the July 18 international soccer club match between Spain’s Athletic Bilbao and Mexico’s Club Tijuana.... Read more»

Ohio STMA Field Day addresses soils, disease and special events Posted on 26 Jun 2015 in the Industry & News categories.

The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association held its annual Summer Field Day at the Cleveland Browns’ training facility and at First Energy Stadium on June 24. Along with tours of... Read more»