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JOUR 671

Sports Reporting

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Standard

Overview

Description

Learn about great sports storytelling from masters of the journalistic art as well as from filmmakers and other creative practitioners. Consider how journalists can enrich their work by exploring narrative styles rather than limiting themselves to expository approaches. Study how screen and fiction writers understand narrative elements and explore the challenges of incorporating these elements into reporting and writing true stories that adhere to the highest standards of journalistic practice.

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Lecture3

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall and Spring

Terms

fall, spring

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • develop story ideas on sports reporting topics that reflect diverse viewpoints.
  • execute web, audio and video productions for sports reporting from concept to high quality finished product.
  • practice good grammar and solid writing skills with strict attention to accuracy, detail, and industry standards.
  • recognize the various kinds of sports writing and reporting.
  • apply advanced writing skills pertaining to sports.
  • describe the sports routines of a sports journalist.
  • explain the importance of thorough research and reporting to effectively cover sports.
  • pitch ideas to an editor and build a detailed reporting plan.