COM 445 - Sports Reporting

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Marist College

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Description:

Three Credits LA This course is designed to broaden and deepen a student's understanding of sports reporting and to sharpen and develop the student' s writing skills. It also recognizes tha t today ? sports reporters must cover more than scores and games and find the stories beyond the games. Personalities, social and economic forces, labor-management conflicts, legal and ethical concerns, and fan behavior are all part of the spor ts reporter 's beat. Students will cover sporting events and write feature and sidebar stories and columns. They will follow national and local sports stories and analyze examples of professional sports writing. In addition, students will be required to become familiar with the field of sports-information directing and its intricacies. Offered in fal Prerequisites: COM 241, sophomore standing or permission of instructor

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Marist.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 575-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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