Sports Journalism

Course aim

To enable students to develop an understanding and appreciation of current practices, procedures and issues in the reporting of sport. To enable students to develop an increased awareness of the different forms of sports reporting.

Course content

Current sports reporting practice; issues in sport and in sport news and features reporting; ethical and legal issues related to sport and sports reporting; writing sports-based news and feature stories; sports reporting in print, broadcast and online media.

Textbook(s)

Rowe, D 1999, Sport, culture and the media, Open University Press, Buckingham

Steen, R 2008, Sports journalism: a multimedia primer, Routledge, London

Prerequisite(s)

36 units (one year) of any undergraduate program from the School of Communication, International Studies and Languages

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1: Database for On The Record and report on 'local' sporting organisation, Written assignment 2: Match preview or review, Written assignment 3: Investigative report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.