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SPORTS REPORTING GOAL: How to properly write a sports story for on-air broadcasting

SPORTS REPORTING GOAL: How to properly write a sports story for on-air broadcasting Sports Reporting What’s the most important thing about a sporting event? Like news reporting, with sports you must find the “facts” (try the 5 W’s) before creating your script.

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SPORTS REPORTING GOAL: How to properly write a sports story for on-air broadcasting

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  1. SPORTS REPORTINGGOAL:How to properly write a sports story for on-air broadcasting

  2. Sports Reporting • What’s the most important thing about a sporting event? • Like news reporting, with sports you must find the “facts” (try the 5 W’s) before creating your script. • What are the facts in a sporting event? • Who won, what was the score • Individual stats from player(s) • Updated team records/standings • Special milestones/dramatic way to win

  3. Sports Reporting • SPORTS SCRIPT • Like the “News” script we learned, 4 sentences andit shouldn’t be more than 30-seconds per story. • INTRO/OUTRO: • Intro: “I’m ____ and this a Point Sports Update” • Outro: “This has been a Point Sports Update, I’m ____” • In sports, you must intro each story (other than the first story, we can use the transitions for this) • “Beginning in the NFL” - “moving to Major League Baseball” - “in local high school football”

  4. Sports Reporting • CHOOSING ONLY 3 STORIES, how to determine which games go in your report • Sports Popularity (by TV Ratings) • NFL • NCAA Football • MLB • NBA • NCAA Basketball • NHL • We only use this chart when we aren’t sure of what games to choose from and also for proper ordering of your stories.

  5. Sports Reporting • Local teams are ALWAYS used before personal favorites. • LOCAL TEAMS: • NFL: Colts/Bears • NCAA: IU, Purdue, Notre Dame (Ball State, Butler, Valpo, IPFW, IUPUI) • NBA: Pacers • MLB: Cubs, White Sox, Reds • High School, Wizards, Mad Ants • Like “News”, some national stories will come before LOCAL ones: • Championships, playoffs, rare feats, tragedies, etc.

  6. Sports Reporting • WRITING YOUR STORIES • Writing/Reading should be casual and conversational…as if you were informing one person of the game. • There is no Inverted Pyramid, but there is a diagram you must follow: • 1st segment: Knock out the who, what, when, where…two teams, one score, when and where the game took place • 2nd segment: Stats for the winning team (any milestones or dramatic plays) • 3rd segment: Stats for the losing team (anything extra for that team) • 4th segment: Teams new records/standings and/or when both teams are scheduled to play again

  7. Sports Reporting • WRITING YOUR STORIES (continued) • Rarely will “quotes” be used. And if you do use them, make sure you make it ‘conversational’ • QUOTE: “This loss really hurts us” – Colts coach Tony Dungy • GOOD: “Tony Dungy said that this loss really hurts the Colts” • BAD: “This loss really hurts us, said Tony Dungy” • You have to start by giving the full name of the team/player, on subsequent mentioning just give team name/last name • (‘Peyton Manning’ becomes just ‘Manning’ – ‘Indianapolis Colts’ becomes just ‘Colts’) LET’S TRY IT OUT!!!

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