2. What is a Sport Beat?
One to two students who cover a M-A sport team for one season
These people know the team
Key players
Brief history of team
Are in regular contact with coach
Level of commitment depends on the sport
To cover a beat, you must have a basic understanding of the sport
3. Requirements for Beats:
Go to all home games
Or find a replacement
Go to big away games (if they are local)
CCS, PAL championships
Rivals: (Menlo, depends on team)
At the games:
Take good quality photos (not iPhone photos)
Live tweet & post to instagram if you have a cool photo/video
Take notes: key plays, times of changes in momentum, times of scoring
Interview key players after games
Only if M-A won and at time convenient for player
Preview & Wrap up
4. Sports Grammar
Capitalization
Freshman, sophomore, junior, senior NEVER capitalized (unless start of a
sentence)
ex: senior Natalie Silverman
Tenses
Make sure you keep the same tense throughout the story
Past tense
Active voice
Sports stories should be exciting
Descriptive verbs and adverbs
Menlo-Atherton High School (M-A)
5. Fall Sport Beats:
Football: Lexi & Miranda
Boy’s Wopo:
Girl’s Wopo: Lexi
Girl’s Volleyball:
Girl’s Tennis:
Cross Country:
Girl’s Golf:
Dance (year-round):
Cheerleading (year-round):
Other:
Robotics:
