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Fall 2020 JOU 3304 7th Class September 14, 2020
- 1. JOU 3304 Sports Writing Professor Michael Rizzo Director, Journalism Program Division of Mass Communication Collins College of Professional Studies September 14, 2020
- 2. JOU 3304 Sports Writing Last Class Presentation September 10 NFL Opening Night
- 3. JOU 3304 Sports Writing Today NFL Opening Night review Sidebar stories
- 4. Recap Prepare Be open to off the field as much as game events as your story focus What’s your conceptual story structure? Be a great writer not just someone who lists play-by-play
- 10. The sidebar story It accompanies the game story. It might be written right after the game summary or the next day. It should focus on one aspect of the game: a player, play, incident or event in the game.
- 11. MISTAKES = LOSS: Crucial errors cost Falcons dearly Mike Schlabach / Atlanta Journal Constitution September, 1999 In their last 20 games, including three playoff contests in last season's improbable flight to the Super Bowl, the Falcons have lost three games. Not surprisingly, Atlanta has committed more turnovers than its opponent in all of those defeats. In Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the Falcons lost three fumbles, committed two costly pass-interference penalties and missed two field goals, including one that could have tied the game with 3:38 left. “It was definitely a team loss, because we contributed in every phase of our football team,” Atlanta coach Dan Reeves said. “We missed the field and special teams had a fumbled kickoff, which them excellent field position. We didn’t get the job done.”
- 12. Overall, it was not a mistake-free performance that was a trademark of last season’s 14-2 squad. A closer look at Atlanta's comedy of errors, which led to the Falcons losing at home for the first time in 12 games: -Turnovers: Quarterback Chris Chandler set the tone early in Atlanta’s second series. On third-and-11 at the Falcons’ 38, Chandler was sacked… -Penalties: Atlanta was flagged four times for 84 yards, including two pass-interference infractions that led to both Minnesota touchdowns.
- 13. Find a sidebar story on your football team from your go-to sports news website. Come back in 15 minutes and tell us about that story.
- 14. Sidebars offer the write a chance to delve into a topic not in his game summary or expand on something he did write about in the game summary. A sidebar is not a pure analysis story nor is it a column.
- 15. Find a story focus that makes your sidebar relevant, on-topic and interesting for the reader. Add something in your sidebar that isn’t in your game summary.
- 16. Assignment for Thursday Sept. 17, 2020 This is on BlackBoard. Write a 250 word sidebar story about tonight’s Giants-Steelers game. Find an interesting focus that would make a great next day story. The deadline to submit your story is Wednesday Sept. 16, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET You can use quotes from other sources but attribute them properly. Write or submit your story in BlackBoard.