MEDA 248 - Sports Reporting

2 credit(s)
Students will enhance their knowledge of sports reporting by sharpening and further developing writing skills in game stories, sport previews, and featured stories. Addtionally, the emphasis will be placed on sporting events and features. Students will learn how to analyze data from an array of sources, social and economic factors, legal and ethical concerns, and how sports play establsih a unique context for these things. Students will explore the evolution of sport reporting strategies, theories, mass media, and sport journalists which will provide them with the knowledge and skills to produce work in a professional environment.
Offered: Offered Winter, alternate years

Prerequisite(s): MEDA-240W