Description
Book SynopsisThink all it takes to be successful sportswriter is a love of sports? Read
Sportswriting: The Lively Game and find outsports fan is one thing: a sports report is another!
Conrad C. Fink, veteran journalist, editor and the author of Bottom Line Writing: Reporting the Sense of Dollars and Writing Opinion for Impact, provides another common sense, real-life approach for journalism or sports management students wishing to break into the exciting, fast-paced world of sportswriting.
In vivid writing that is packed with the realities of sports reporting, Professor Fink provides insight only a veteran journalist can, such as:
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- Media strategies for you and your editor
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- Defining your demographic target
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- What are the new sports values
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- Who are your compe
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments.
Part One: The Kickoff.
1. The Writer’s Arena.
2. What You Owe Your Readers.
Part Two: Our Blocking and Tackling: Strong Reporting.
3. Reporting the Key Elements.
4. Reporting the Wider Picture.
Part Three: Making the Writer’s Muse Move.
5. Writing It Straight.
6. Taking Readers Beyond the Score.
Part Four: Covering the Majors.
7. Covering Football: A Case Study.
8. Covering Baseball.
9. Covering Basketball.
Part Five: Covering the Others.
10. The Wider World of Sports.
Part Six: Columns: The Winner’s Circle in Sportswriting.
11. Writing Game Columns.
12. In This Corner.
Addendum.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
