Sports Writing Rando's
This is when the reporter tries to be as descriptive as possible when presenting the event. Sometimes this style may be overcrowded with trite expression. This is called _________
Slanguage
Stories that don't have immediate importance.
What type of feature has an affect on human emotion?
Human-Interest.
Define featurize
making a hard news story into a feature by putting in anecdotes, background & simple info that appeals to human emotions.
What timelessness?
A quality that a story could be written about, at anytime.
What is an angel in a sports news story?
What are 3 components of a Pre-Game story?
- Scores between 2 schools
- Conditions of the athletes
- Starting lineups
- Comparison of team to individual records
- Comments on style of play
- Significance of the event
- Any history of rivalry between teams
A hard news story
It's a type of feature story that deals with individuals, problems, opinions, and hobbies.
Name at least 2 areas that are covered during a postgame story
- Sideline
- Background
- Sports interview
- Locker room
a newspaper or magazine published on the internet.
(e.g. a blog)
How should a reporter should cover a game story, according to the book. (Name at least 3)
- Have more comfortable surroundings
- It is simple and easy to read
- They should watch for turning points in the game (e.g. interceptions)
- Shifts from man to man
Define Partisanship
Partisanship is not being a "cheerleader" and showing bias
Evergreen
What is straight news on an upcoming event, that is also a hard news story and features it.
A news feature