Sports journalism : the inside track / James Toney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toney, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports journalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'I always turn to the sport section first. The sport section record people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.' - Earl Warren. Sports journalism, once dismissed as the 'toyshop' editorial department, has grown in importance as sport has become bigger and bigger business, generating billions in revenue to those who own teams, franchises, tournaments and organisations. Millions consume their newspapers from back to front and the audience for Britain's only 24 sports news channel more than eclipses news rivals. This book gives aspiring journalists and those reporters loo

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SAME JOB TITLE, TOTALLY DIFFERENT JOB DESCRIPTION: COVERING THE 1948 AND 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS; 3 THE EVER-CHANGING SHAPE OF SPORTS MEDIA; 4 PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTING POOR PERFORMANCE; 5 THE BIG MATCH: THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE MATCH REPORT AND GAME-DAY STORY; 6 HOW TO DO IT: DEALING WITH ROUND-UPS AND PRESS RELEASES; 7 BIG READ: FEATURE WRITING AND INTERVIEWS; 8 BIG OPINIONS: COLOUR WRITING AND COLUMNS; 9 BIG STORY: NEWS GATHERING, SOURCES AND CONTACTS; 10 BIG CHANGES: WE'RE ALL MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISTS NOW

11 NEXT STEP: WORK EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, GETTING A JOB AND WORKING AS A FREELANCERAPPENDIX: ETHICS, COPYRIGHT AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781283949378

1283949377

9781408178348

1408178346

OCLC:

826854648