Sports Writing

7. What is a story that may appear in the news but eventually breaks through into the world of sports?

a. Crossover story

14. What is the story that is the first-time account of a sporting event; however the sports reporter must focus on fresh storylines and additional detail because of when the story runs?

a. Delayed Report

68. What is a zoned edition?

a. Depending on the location, determines paper's content and which edit they receive

54. True or False. Newspaper typically cover specific geographical areas according to Andrews, their reporting is unashamedly biased in favor of the local athletes and teams?

a. True

67. What is the stringer needed on?

a. Used on a "as needed" basis

18. POSSIBLE ESSAY: Why do we report sports? Seven Reasons

a. Vicarious experience, Relive experiences, gather information, entertainment, test opinions we have formed, analysis of criticism, and context of the event.

49. What does a sports reporter's job include, according to Andrews?

a. Writing to tight deadlines, working evenings and weekends, hours of preparation, and earning the trust of your sources.

40. What type of lead talks about differences between two things that may throw the reader off?

a. Contrast lead

35. What is the most important element of a column according to Andrews?

a. Controversy

63. Period after the game is over and before coaches and athletes are available?

a. Cool down

76. The Associative press is known as a __________ news gathering agency

a. Cooperative

81. What is pillow talk

a. Covering something you have significance in with your spouse

55. Two types of leads?

Summary lead (Five W's and H), and Focal point or focal person.

1. What are the two characteristics of every interview subject?

a. Credibility & Authority

17. What is the demand that places the greatest difficulty on sports writers to cover their games?

a. Time restrictions

42. Stories that are included when there are gaps in news and could be used at any time?

a. Timeless pieces

52. What, according to Andrews, is a sports reporter's basic task?

a. To fill space

71. How many sentences should be in an average paragraph?

a. 2-3

30. What are shield laws?

a. A defense for journalist that argue you have a promise you will not reveal a source. They are in place to protect sources.

82. What is a descriptive lead?

a. A lead that describes a person or a setting

48. What are prospects?

a. A list of stories that need to be covered within a given day. These prospects will include the starting times, name of the person writing the story, and details of the time the copy is expected to be in by.

26. Define ethics

a. A persons sense of right and wrong

46. What is an anecdotal lead?

a. A story within the story. Usually short and quick.

2. What is the page in the sports section with no stories but instead contains scores, standings, and schedules?

a. Agate page

69. Why did athletes view journalists differently 10 years ago?

a. Because they relied on them to tell their story, not social media

11. What type of story provides the background information necessary to understand the context of the event or game; tends to be feature oriented according to Andrews?

a. Build up

60. What is the term used to identify the person who has written the story?

a. Byline

72. What are the two roles to quotes?

a. Cannot be altered, the quote can be cleaned up- but no change in message or emotion

43. What is the hallmark of good sports writing?

a. Clarity

79. As discussed in class, news is a _____, something that can be bought and sold

a. Commodity

51. What are the four C's of the reporting process and how do we do each

a. Conceive-generate story ideas that writer's cover, that often involves critical thinking. b. Collect-gather the information through others, mainly by interviewing sources. c. Construct-Create a story using one of the story structures d. Correcting- Edit the article and check for accuracy on all facts

25. Anything that causes readers to feel you are giving a bias

a. Conflict of interest

13. This type of story makes the final zoned edition of the newspaper; it tends to be more fully developed and is the kind of story we write in Sports Writing?

a. Considered Report

8. What is the name of the database that is a collection of all the names, phone numbers, emails, and any other important information, of all of a writers sources?

a. Contact book

6. According to Andrews, what is the key to the smooth running of a sports desk which includes a list of fixtures for a broad range of sports?

a. Diary

64. What is the type of quotation most preferred in sports reporting?

a. Direct

39. What are some different types of leads?

a. Dropped/suspended, quote, historical, contrast, question

36. News feature that reflects the view of the newspaper?

a. Editorial

44. These types of stories reflect the views of the newspaper and are usually carried in a column on the Leader page, with the newspaper's masthead at the top.

a. Editorials

31. What term is described as an article that you can't use until a later date. The story must be delayed?

a. Embargo

57. What is a story that nobody else gets?

a. Exclusive

78. As discussed in class, a growing problem today is the emergence of ____ news stories?

a. Fake

38. True or False: People read sports columns primarily for the information according to Andrew?

a. False

77. True or false: column writing is the same as regular journalism and should never be editorialized?

a. False, columns are based on our informed opinions

4. When taking in a score for a football game, what are the first three things we should ask for?

a. Final score, Score by quarter, scoring summary

3. When writing sports wraps, what are two ways in which we can write them?

a. First, we can use the turning point if the game is close. The second way, we focus on statistical leaders in the game.

23. What are the two types of leads we have learned?

a. Focus on a person and summary lead

56. What is it called when we make stories look a certain way (we need to avoid this)?

a. Frame

32. What are the golden rules of feature writing?

a. Grab their attention, keep the reader engaged, leave them feeling satisfied

73. What should you never ask who you are interviewing?

a. How do you feel

9. In order for a source to be credible, what must they have?

a. Important information that comes from their experience or position

28. What type of ethics includes no formal training and it is what makes us, us?

a. Individual code

27. What are the two types of ethics?

a. Individual code, and code of ethics

20. Type of story that is published well after the story has ended; provides deeper analysis of the game or issue to be covered?

a. Inquest pieces

22. What should we never call the beginning of an article or a story?

a. Intro

70. What is a circle kicker?

a. It starts with something and ends the article with the same thing

50. Who is the most important person of the post- war decades in the country, according to Halberstam?

a. Jackie Robinson

75. What two things are achieved in a good story?

a. Locality, timeliness

61. What had dramatically changed sports reporting today?

a. Mobile apps

53. Prime reason why newspaper exist today?

a. Money

65. What does space represent?

a. Money

62. What are the 3 traditional editorial departments?

a. News, features, sports

58. What is the type of material in which newspaper is printed on?

a. Newsprint

37. What term is used to describe the type of feature written by reporters who find out from the inside what it is like to be a sports professional; they join in the training sessions and try to do it themselves?

a. Participation piece

33. A journalistic term used to describe the events upon which features are based?

a. Pegs

74. What three things should you open your phone call with

a. Personal name, media outlet you are representing, reason for call

12. This type of story is focused on the game or event itself and appears in the paper right before the game is played.

a. Preview

29. What term is defined as the public's right to know verses are we going to respect their personal lives?

a. Privacy

34. The most common form of feature found on the sports pages

a. Profiles

21. What do columns have to have?

a. Readability

15. According to Andrews, this type of story is published in a series of takes often written while the game is being played.

a. Running Copy

45. What are the various types of reports?

a. Scene setter, preview, considered report, delayed reports, and inquest pieces.

5. What are some of the roles of the sports editor?

a. Selecting the stories that will be written, Assigning those stories to writers and freelancers, Staying on budget

80. This organization establishes the code of ethics that all journalists abide by?

a. Society of Professional Journalists

59. Is soft news or hard news less timely?

a. Soft news

47. What is a hook?

a. Something to hang a story off of; have to have for column writing.

66. What is a beat reporter?

a. Specifically assigned an area to report on

41. What is a short paragraph which outlines the thrust of the piece according to Andrew's

a. Standfirst

24. What type of lead is it when the writer holds something back and didn't bury the lead? They did it by design.

a. Suspended interest

10. When writing our articles, which person held the most authority out of our sources?

a. The head coach

19. What is a vicarious experience?

a. They are reports that provide vivid descriptions of of the key moments to an event

16. How do Sports Writers handle bias?

a. They should try and avoid it in their stories, however there are times that some bias is necessary and therefore can be included.