The Sports Writing Handbook (Routledge Communication Series) - Hardcover

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Fensch, Thomas

 
9780805815283: The Sports Writing Handbook (Routledge Communication Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0805815287 ISBN 13: 9780805815283
Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

Completely revised and updated in a second edition, this volume represents the only book ever written that analyzes sports writing and presents it as "exceptional" writing. Other books discuss sports writers as "beat reporters" in one area of journalism, whereas this book shows aspiring sports writers a myriad of techniques to make their writing stand out. It takes the reader through the entire process of sports writing: observation, interviewing techniques, and various structures of articles; types of "leads;" transitions within an article; types of endings; use of statistics; do's and don'ts of sports writing; and many other style and technique points. This text provides over 100 examples of leads drawn from newspapers and magazines throughout the country, and also offers up-to-date examples of sports jargon from virtually every major and minor sport played in the U.S.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0805815287
ISBN 13 
9780805815283
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
2
Number of pages
274

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