3rd Edition

Sports Media Reporting, Producing, and Planning

By Bradley Schultz, Edward Arke Copyright 2016
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Sports Media covers reporting, anchoring, and production, and offers thorough descriptions of the sports reporter and anchor's function in sports journalism. This text offers important historical background on the evolution of the sports industry, some grounding in the business of sports, and a discussion of social issues including the experience of women in sports journalism. New to this... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Evolution  3. Storytelling  4. Video and Visuals  5. Interviewing and Sound  6. Writing and Reporting  7. Anchor/PBP  8. Radio  9. Public Relations  10. Ethics  11. Gener/Race  12. Jobs

Biography

Brad Schultz specializes in broadcast news and sports and has written nine textbooks and authored nearly two dozen journal articles dealing mainly with sports broadcasting and how new technologies affect journalism practice. Schultz is the founding editor of the Journal of Sports Media, a scholarly journal that publishes twice yearly. He has produced several documentaries, including one which won a national Aurora Award in 2010. Before entering academia, Schultz spent 15 years in local television news and sports as an anchor, reporter, producer, news director, videographer and writer. He received a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University.

Ed Arke has over 30 years of broadcast experience including high school football and basketball play-by-play, college basketball and baseball, and as a sports anchor for Radio Pennsylvania. Dr. Arke holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Duquesne University and a M.S. in Communication from Shippensburg University. In addition, he serves as the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative and a Professor of Communication at Messiah College. Dr. Arke is the Faculty Director of The Pulse: Messiah College’s Media Hub.