Field Guide to Covering Sports

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Joe Gisondi. Field Guide to Covering Sports

Field Guide to Covering Sports

Field Guide to Covering Sports

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Training Needed

Uses for the Classroom

Acknowledgments

Contributors. Journalists

Coaches

Part I Getting Started

Chapter 1 From Sports Fan to Sports Reporter

There’s No Cheering in the Press Box

Where Do You Start?

Clerking Is a Great Way to Learn

Reporting Is Essential in New Media Landscape

Chapter 2 Writing Game Stories

Leads

Focus on Significant Facts

Describe Something

Address Field Conditions

Organization

Context and Analysis

Key Plays

Statistics

Quotations

Language

Story Scan: Breaking Down A Game Story

Alternative Game Approaches

Chapter 3 Getting the Most Out of an Interview

Journalism Is Not Stenography

Prepare

Watch

Ask

And Keep Asking

Sack the Clichéd Responses

Chapter 4 Developing and Writing Features

Reporting Is Vital

Prepare

Observe

Ask

Write

Learn Storytelling Techniques

Conflict

Character

Setting

Voice

Chapter 5 Developing Sports Columns

Chapter 6 Blogging: Finding a Unique Perspective

Blogs Are Here to Stay

Carving a Niche

Tips for Blogging Sports

Chapter 7 Using Advanced Statistical Metrics

Advanced Metrics Glossary. Baseball

Basketball

Football

Hockey

Further Reading

Part II Multimedia

Chapter 8 Social Media: Using Twitter as a Reporting Tool

SOCIAL MEDIA GLOSSARY

Chapter 9 Writing for Mobile Devices

Tips for Mobile

Chapter 10 Visual Storytelling

Quick Tips for Improving Your Sports Photograph

Chapter 11 Broadcasting Games on Radio

Chapter 12 Writing For TV

Part III Covering a Beat

Auto Racing

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

Watch

Ask

Write

Baseball

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Basketball

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Bowling

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

Watch

Ask

WRITE

Cross Country

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Field Hockey

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Football

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

Watch

ASK

WRITE

GOLF

Prepare

Know the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Ice Hockey

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Lacrosse

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Rowing

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Rugby

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Soccer

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Softball

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Swimming & Diving

PREPARE

Learn the Basics. Swimming

Diving

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Tennis

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Track & Field

Prepare

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Triathlons

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Volleyball

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Wrestling

PREPARE

Learn the Basics

Get Ready

WATCH

ASK

WRITE

Primer A Ethics: Sports Writers Can’t Act Like Fans

Primer B Covering Fantasy Sports

Primer C Covering a College Beat

Regularly Check Databases

Primer D High School Sports

Know Stats, Know Sports

Prepare

Watch

Ask

Write

Primer E Avoiding Clichés

Cliché Explanation

Assignment

Appendix Assignment Desk. Game assessment

Exercise—Basketball

Individual Stats. Austin Peay

Eastern Illinois

Play-By-Play. First Overtime

Second Overtime

Exercise—Cross Country

Overall Individual Results: Top 75 Women

Exercise—Football

Score by Quarters

Scoring Summary

Overtime Play-By-Play

Exercise—Softball

Learning more about sports writing

Associated Press Sports Style Quizzes. Field Guide to Covering Sports: Associated Press Sports Style: Quiz 1

Field Guide to Covering Sports: Associated Press Sports Style: Quiz 2

Field Guide to Covering Sports: Associated Press Sports Style: Quiz 3

Field Guide to Covering Sports: Associated Press Sports Style: Quiz 4

Notes. Chapter 2

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Primer A

Primer D

Auto Racing

Basketball

Cross Country

Field Hockey

Football

Golf

Ice Hockey

Lacrosse

Rowing

Rugby

Soccer

Tennis

Track

Index

About the author

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Second Edition

But I wasn’t doing anything that I hadn’t been taught in journalism school. I wasn’t doing anything I hadn’t done at my other jobs in sports journalism. I wasn’t doing anything different from what I am doing in my career now, nearly a decade after I left Deadspin. And I’m not doing anything different from what Deadspin—now bigger, bolder and better than it ever was during my time—is doing today. We like to put good journalism into new and shiny packages and make it look like something revolutionary and earth-shattering, but that’s not journalism: That’s marketing. The core principles of journalism are the same now as they have ever been. You can apply them to any situation, any medium, any new challenge, and you’ll never be let astray.

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Tyler Kepner, The New York Times

George Kirschbaum, Coxguide.com

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