{"id":11954,"date":"2022-03-02T17:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/?p=11954"},"modified":"2022-03-02T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:41:49","slug":"job-sleuth-sports-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/job-sleuth-sports-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Sleuth: Sports Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Among the classes in <a href=\"https:\/\/las.depaul.edu\/academics\/writing-rhetoric-and-discourse\/Pages\/default.aspx\">DePaul\u2019s WRD program<\/a>, there are several you would probably find clones of in other similar programs around the country. But in pursuit of a professional writing career through the program a class like <a href=\"https:\/\/las.depaul.edu\/academics\/writing-rhetoric-and-discourse\/faculty\/Pages\/justin-staley.aspx\">Professor Justin Staley<\/a>\u2019s WRD 284: Sports Writing in America: Myths, Memories, Heroes and Villains, you\u2019re bound to learn a variety of skills that will help in a variety of writing work capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because the class is about sports writing doesn\u2019t mean you necessarily have to take that professional route after graduation. It\u2019s also possible you\u2019ll fall in love with the topic and want to find a way to incorporate what you\u2019ve learned into your career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most Obvious Jobs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clearly, an interest in sports writing could lead to a job doing just that or a range of other applicable jobs. \u201cThere are the obvious jobs sports writer\/reporter\/column writer for local and traditional media outlets, of course, but there are also opportunities in editing, multimedia sports writing, including television, radio, online content writing, and, to a lesser extent, podcasting,\u201d Staley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Job Boards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more traditional media jobs there are still plenty of job boards out there specifically designed with those jobs in mind.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journalismjobs.com\/\">Journalism Jobs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvjobs.com\/\">Broadcast Employment Services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/jobs.espncareers.com\/\">ESPN Careers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/\">Media Bistro<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sportswriting as Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media jobs, in general, might be in flux because of the substantial rise of digital media, yet despite that, there are still many jobs out there because that digital media feeds the need for constant content. \u201cThere\u2019s a particular niche in sport writing about gambling and betting that seems to be growing,\u201d Staley explained. \u201cThat said, many of the sports writing jobs in the digital world seem to be much more about churning out content as quickly as possible; these freelance jobs might be good for getting experience and building a resume with clips, but they\u2019re not particularly well-paying jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HERO Sports Campus Correspondents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If sports media seems like something you might want to do, why not give it a try with a gig with <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/sports-media-internships\/\">HERO Sports<\/a>? Their campus correspondents work alongside experienced media staff in writing, producing, and editing modes to give you a leg up in your career. After all, there is much more to careers in media than just being television or radio personalities or writers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Internship Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HERO Sports is far from the only place offering sports media-centered internships in the country. Besides the ones listed here you can also search for your home location and see what specifically applies there like <a href=\"https:\/\/lonestargridiron.com\/internships\/\">Loan Star Gridiron<\/a> in Texas, for example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsillustratedprospects.com\/internship-program\/\">Sports Illustrated<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/awsmonline.org\/internships-scholarships\">Association for Women in Sports Media<\/a> (women only)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/foxcareers.com\/students\">FOX Network&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsinteractive.com\/careers\/internships\/\">CBS Interactive<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay Engaged<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you\u2019re just considering a career adjacent to sports writing, you should be engaging with any writing, reading, watching, or listening to what\u2019s happening right now. Knowing what is being produced right now will make you a better media contributor later. No matter what you decide to do in the field, being engaged will show you how folks are working in the industry and give you more insight into how you might do it. That\u2019s how Staley got drawn into sports writing\u2013he read it constantly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI used to devour the sports pages in the newspaper as a kid, not to mention read publications like \u201cSports Illustrated\u201d and \u201cSport\u201d magazine religiously,\u201d he said. \u201cAs I got older, though, I found myself drawn to reading sports stories that weren\u2019t just about the games: who won, who had the best stats, etc. Rather, I began reading and writing stories that were about sports as a microcosm of society, and how they reflected political, social, economic, and racial conversations we were having (or should be having) in our culture. I still love the games on the field, but to me, sport is one of the best vehicles there is to explore our human, as well as our cultural, values.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the classes in DePaul\u2019s WRD program, there are several you would probably find clones of in other similar programs around the country. But in pursuit of a professional writing career through the program a class like Professor Justin Staley\u2019s WRD 284: Sports Writing in America: Myths, Memories, Heroes and Villains, you\u2019re bound to learn a variety of skills that will help in a variety of writing work capacities. Just because the class is about sports writing doesn\u2019t mean you necessarily have to take that professional route after graduation. It\u2019s also possible you\u2019ll fall in love with the topic and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":11955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,560],"tags":[474,625,18,624,544],"class_list":["post-11954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs-internships","category-resources","tag-digital-writing","tag-job-sleuth","tag-professional-writing","tag-sports-writing","tag-wrd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wrdblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}