Field Guide to Covering Sports

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-60426-559-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 203 mm

How best to turn yourself from sports fan to professional sports journalist? Quickly moving beyond general guidance about sports writing, Joe Gisondi focuses on the nitty-gritty, with hands-on, practical advice on covering 20 specific sports. From auto racing to wrestling, you'll find tips on the seemingly straightforward—where to stand on the sideline and how to identify a key player—along with the more specialized—figuring out shot selection in lacrosse and understanding a coxswain's call for a harder stroke in rowing. Preparing you for just about any game, match, meet, race, regatta or tournament you're likely to cover, Field Guide to Covering Sports is the ideal go-to resource to have on hand as you master the beat.

Using his Prepare-Watch-Ask-Write approach in each sports chapter, you will learn:

- What to understand before play begins

- What to look out for during competition

- What to ask players and coaches

- What essentials to include in your story

In addition to brief chapters on writing, interviewing and blogging, the Guide features useful "primers": knowing the APSE ethical guidelines, avoiding clichés, working with Sports Information Directors, covering fantasy sports and broadcasting on the radio. A series of annotated score cards shows how reporters can keep track of stats and details, and assignments at the end of the book get you applying your new-found sports knowledge.

Two additional features round out helpful coverage:

- Sports Insiders include important tips based on author interviews with athletes, coaches and experienced sports reporters.

- Digital Assist boxes showcase models to emulate when reporting with new media.

No sports reporter's collection is complete without this unique guide.

Click here to visit the author's new web site and blog for regularly updated sports journalism coverage, advice, and more.

Coverage of Twenty Sports, Including:

Auto Racing

Baseball

Basketball

Bowling

Cross Country

Field Hockey

Football

Golf

Ice Hockey

Lacrosse

Rowing

Rugby

Soccer

Softball

Swimming

Tennis

Track & Field

Triathlons

Volleyball

Wrestling

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gisondi, Joe

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Will Leitch
Preface
I. GETTING STARTED
1. From Sports Fan to Sports Reporter
2. Writing Game Stories
3. Getting the Most Out an Interview
4. High School Sports
5. Beyond Games: Developing and Writing Features
6. Blogging: Finding a Unique Perspective
II. COVERING A BEAT
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Golf
Ice Hockey
Lacrosse
Rowing
Rugby
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Triathalons
Volleyball
Wrestling
III. EXPLORING FURTHER
Primer A: Working with Sports Information Directors
Primer B: Avoiding Clichés
Primer C: Ethics: Sports Writers Can’t Act Like Fan
Primer D: Broadcasting Games on Radio
Primer E: Covering Fantasy Sports
Appendix: Assignment Desk
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gisondi, Joe
Joe Gisondi covered sports and worked as a sports copy editor for more than 20 years at several newspapers in Florida, including the Fort Myers News-Press, Clearwater Sun, Florida Today and Orlando Sentinel. He started writing for a weekly sports publication in Coral Springs, Fla., at age 15. He’s been hooked on sports journalism ever since. He is now associate professor and faculty adviser to the Daily Eastern News at Eastern Illinois University where he teaches courses on newswriting, advanced editing, sports and the media, and sports writing.