sports journalism
Game coverage writing
Sports journalism is the reporting, analysis, and commentary on athletic competitions and the people involved in them.
It spans game coverage, player profiles, trade news, and opinion columns.
Sports journalists work across print, broadcast, and digital media: She covers the NBA for ESPN.
The field ranges from straightforward reporting to investigative work exposing scandals in athletics.
- sportsCompetitive physical activities
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- punditryExpert commentary profession
- Monday morning quarterbackOne who critiques past choices
- coverageExtent of inclusion
player profiles · blogs · interviews · match reports · opinion columns · beat reporter · press pass · journalist · sports desk · press credentials · press conferences · media day · trade deadline · podcasts · press box · ESPN · feature stories · newsletters
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- sports careerssports agent, athletic trainer, sports journalist, sports broadcaster, scout
- sporting literaturesports biography, sports fiction, sports history
- Sports Literaturesports fiction, sports memoirs, sportswriting, The Natural, Field of Dreams
- sports mediaplay-by-play, Bob Costas, commentary, Dick Vitale, interview
- sports societysports culture, athlete activism, fandom, gender equity, pay equity
sports journalismpolitical journalism
Coverage of government and elections
political commentary · investigative journalism · war reporting · crime reporting · hard news
sports journalismopinion journalism
Advocacy-driven news coverage
editorial writing · data journalism · narrative nonfiction · advocacy journalism