Sports Media History
Who is Joseph Pultizer?
What is broadcasting contracts?
What is the silence trick?
Technique where silence encourages subjects to keep speaking
This packet of materials is given to journalist's at events and contains bios, stats, schedules, and logos
What is television?
The medium averages about 3 hours and 38 minutes per day of cosnumption by American adults
What is the 1950s
Golden Age of Television
What is a Sports Information Specialist?
Professional responsible for media relations in sports organizations
What is a closed-ended question?
Type of question answered with yes or no
What are the statistics packets?
Press kits usually include these sheets that contain season statistics for teams and players.
What is 96%?
The percentage of Americans age 12+ listen to at least 15 minutes of radio daily
Who is John Logie Baird?
What is an open-ended question?
Type of interview question that requires explanation
What is credibility and human perspective?
Interviews help add this element to stories
What are biography sheets?
Sheet in a press kit that contains background information about coaches and players attending the event
What is sports?
Television deals and advertising revenue, the industry transformed from recreational activity into a major business
Who is Guglielmo Marconi?
Widely considered the Father of Modern Radio
What is a press kit?
Information packet given to journalists at events
What is the topic and subject?
Interviewers should research this before interviewing someone
What is a logo sheet?
Includes camera-ready versions of team and conference symbols for media use
What are broadcast rights?
Television networks pay sports organizations large amounts of money for these exclusive rights to air games
Who is Lee De Forest?
Invented the vacuum tube used for transmitting voices on radio
What is "Is there anything else?"
Important final interview question reporters should ask
What is an autograph?
Something reporters should NEVER ask athletes for during interviews
What is nine months?
Media Day planning should begin approximately this many months before the event
What is competition between media outlets?