SPORTS REPORTING GOAL: How to properly write a sports story for onair broadcasting

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SPORTS REPORTINGGOALHow to properly write a
sports story for on-air broadcasting
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Sports Reporting

• Whats the most important thing about a sporting
  event?
• Like news reporting, with sports you must find
  the facts (try the 5 Ws) 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

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Sports Reporting

• SPORTS SCRIPT
• Like the News script we learned, 4 sentences
  andit shouldnt be more than 30-seconds per
  story.
• INTRO/OUTRO
• Intro Im ____ and this a Point Sports Update
• Outro This has been a Point Sports Update, Im
  ____
• 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

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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 arent sure of
  what games to choose from and also for proper
  ordering of your stories.

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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.

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Sports Reporting

• WRITING YOUR STORIES
• Writing/Reading should be casual and
  conversationalas 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,
  wheretwo 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

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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)
• LETS TRY IT OUT!!!