'This is a well-written and detailed guide to Sports Journalism. It provides a solid grounding in all aspects of Sports Journalism and is impressively up-to-date and well-informed'-Marie Penman, Lecturer in Journalism, Fife College of Further and Higher Education
'This book is a must read for those wanting to start a career in the ever changing and expanding world of sports journalism'
-Andy Haigh, Second Year Student BA (Hons) Journalism, Cumbria Institute of the Arts
This text provides both a contextual and practical overview of sports journalism, including:
- the organization and interdependence of broadcast, print and digital media
- how media coverage of sport is structured and prioritised
- interviews, sources and contacts
- planning, researching and covering an event
- writing news, features, profiles etc
Sports is the fastest growing sector in the media, and sports coverage is no longer relegated to the back page of a newspaper.
Phil Andrews has written a timely and engaging book designed to meet the requirements of the growing number of courses and modules on sports journalism.
- ISBN10 1847877958
- ISBN13 9781847877956
- Publish Date 25 March 2008 (first published 8 March 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English