Field Guide to Covering Sports
eBook - ePub

Field Guide to Covering Sports

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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 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. 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. 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Part I Getting Started
  10. Chapter 1 From Sports Fan to Sports Reporter
  11. Chapter 2 Writing Game Stories
  12. Chapter 3 Getting the Most Out of an Interview
  13. Chapter 4 Developing and Writing Features
  14. Chapter 5 Developing Sports Columns
  15. Chapter 6 Blogging: Finding a Unique Perspective
  16. Chapter 7 Using Advanced Statistical Metrics
  17. Part II Multimedia
  18. Chapter 8 Social Media: Using Twitter as a Reporting Tool
  19. Chapter 9 Writing for Mobile Devices
  20. Chapter 10 Visual Storytelling
  21. Chapter 11 Broadcasting Games on Radio
  22. Chapter 12 Writing For TV
  23. Part III Covering a Beat
  24. Auto Racing
  25. Baseball
  26. Basketball
  27. Bowling
  28. Cross Country
  29. Field Hockey
  30. Football
  31. GOLF
  32. Ice Hockey
  33. Lacrosse
  34. Rowing
  35. Rugby
  36. Soccer
  37. Softball
  38. Swimming & Diving
  39. Tennis
  40. Track & Field
  41. Triathlons
  42. Volleyball
  43. Wrestling
  44. Part IV Exploring Further
  45. Primer A Ethics: Sports Writers Can’t Act Like Fans
  46. Primer B Covering Fantasy Sports
  47. Primer C Covering a College Beat
  48. Primer D High School Sports
  49. Primer E Avoiding Clichés
  50. Appendix Assignment Desk
  51. Associated Press Sports Style Quizzes
  52. Index
  53. About the author