Sports Writing: A Beginner's Guide

This concise, well-organized book enables aspiring sportswriters to understand the mechanics of superior sports coverage, and lays out what they will need to know to effectively contribute to a publication. The book is excellent at describing not only what reporters face when covering events, but also how to translate knowledge so that editors and general readers get the most from the story. The book is especially good at providing tips on preparation, and it deftly diagrams how different types of stories are composed. The book also includes many useful definitions, abbreviations, and checklists. All in all, Steve Craig's book is just what a young writer needs to bring his or her talents from aspiration into print.

In Sports Writing: A Beginner's Guide Steve Craig draws from his years of experience as an awards winning sports writer and sports editor to present a simple, practical introduction to the craft of sports-related journalism. You don't have to play the games to write well about them; Sports Writing covers the basics of getting the facts, making the most of an interview, the difference between game, feature, and sidebar stories, and much more. Sports Writing is a very useful and highly recommended basic primer filled with tips, tricks, and techniques for aspiring sports journalists.

This is the book every middle and high school english teacher has been waiting for, a complete guide to sports writing for beginning writers. Craig, a veteran sportswriter, tells it like it is in simple language and covers a lot of ground. From reporting, to notetaking, from news stories to feature stories, from keeping track of scores to interviewing, this slender book is jam packed with practical information. Though written for a teen age audience in mind, Craig never talks down to his readers and this book could easily be used as a College Textbook .

A great book for high school and introductory college journalism courses, full of practical examples. This book clearly teaches the basics, stresses reporting as the key ingredient to any news story, and points out how to avoid many of the real-world pitfalls that slow inexperienced sportswriters' development.