Sports Journalism

Course aim

To provide students with an understanding and appreciation of current practices, procedures and issues in the reporting of sport. To increase students’ awareness of the different forms of sports reporting.

Course content

Students will develop an advanced understanding of 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)

Patching, R 2011, And in Sport: A guide to reporting sport in Australia, 6th edn., Bond University, Robina

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Computer Practical	3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, MAGILL (INTENSIVE)
Computer Practical	30 hours x 2 weeks

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

Assessment

Essay, Investigative report, Sport report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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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.