Journalism Chapter 12
featurize
To make a hard-news story into a feature by injecting anecdotes, background, and similar information.
components
1. Last years scores 2. Condition of athletes 3. Key athletes/starting lineups 4. Comparison of teams/individual records 5. Significance of event in terms of records/future events. 6. Comments on styles of plays 7. Any history of rivalries between the team are __________ of an effective pregame story
postgame story
A follow-up story about a sports event. Such stories are nearly always featurized.
game story
A sports story recounting the play-by-play activities of a game.
pregame story
An advance story about a sports event, which may include background and other information about both teams generally featurized.
pregame - advance postgame- follow-up game- event
How do pregame, postgame, and game stories differ?
slanguage
In sports writing, trite expressions stemming from the jargon of sports.
detailed accurate notes
Keeping _____ _______ ________ is the most important job of a sportswriter covering a game.
examples
Pigskin and local gridiron are _____ of "slanguage"/"trite expressions"
gathering information opposing
Sportswriters prepare to write by ___________ _________ about _______ teams.
game
________ stories should avoid being featurized.
Slanguage overused trite expressions
________________ is one of the few major causes of bad sports writing because it tends to be ________ and becomes ___________ _________________.