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Featuring a host of tips from the straightforward to the specialized, this guide covers all the ins and outs of sports reporting. Looking at 20 specific sports, this book will make sure that readers are prepared for nearly all sporting events.

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Author:   Joe Gisondi
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   CQ Press
Edition:   Revised ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9781604265590

ISBN 10:   1604265590
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 March 2010
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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