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Field Guide to Covering Sports
About this book
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 straightforwardâwhere to stand on the sideline and how to identify a key playerâalong with the more specializedâfiguring out shot selection in lacrosse and understanding a coxswain's call for a harder stroke in rowing. The new edition adds a new section on sports reporting across multimedia platforms with new chapters on social media, mobile media, visual storytelling, writing for television, and writing for radio, along with a new chapter on sabermetrics.  Fully revised with new examples and updated information to prepare you for just about any game, match, meet, race, regatta or tournament you're likely to cover, Field Guide to Covering Sports, Second Edition is the ideal go-to resource to have on hand as you master the beat.Â
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I Getting Started
- Chapter 1 From Sports Fan to Sports Reporter
- Chapter 2 Writing Game Stories
- Chapter 3 Getting the Most Out of an Interview
- Chapter 4 Developing and Writing Features
- Chapter 5 Developing Sports Columns
- Chapter 6 Blogging: Finding a Unique Perspective
- Chapter 7 Using Advanced Statistical Metrics
- Part II Multimedia
- Chapter 8 Social Media: Using Twitter as a Reporting Tool
- Chapter 9 Writing for Mobile Devices
- Chapter 10 Visual Storytelling
- Chapter 11 Broadcasting Games on Radio
- Chapter 12 Writing For TV
- Part III Covering a Beat
- Auto Racing
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Football
- GOLF
- Ice Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming & Diving
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Triathlons
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Part IV Exploring Further
- Primer A Ethics: Sports Writers Canât Act Like Fans
- Primer B Covering Fantasy Sports
- Primer C Covering a College Beat
- Primer D High School Sports
- Primer E Avoiding Clichés
- Appendix Assignment Desk
- Associated Press Sports Style Quizzes
- Index
- About the author