KIN 106 - Introduction to Sports Journalism (W) (1)

This writing-intensive course will help students focus their skills by exploring sports writing in multiple forms of media (deadline writing, features, podcasts, opinion columns etc). Students will learn the fundamentals of gathering, organizing, evaluating and writing sports information in accepted professional style across news media and media relations platforms. Students will review the work of sports media’s past and present greats and class will include discussion and debate about current and past events. Students will be required to go through the full writing process including staged writing assignments critiqued by the instructor and peers. Not open to students who have previously completed a First-Year Writing Course.
(First Year Writing Seminar (FYW))