This document discusses different aspects of celebrity and sports journalism. It addresses what constitutes celebrity, how celebrity journalism has changed over time, and how celebrities use profiles and media coverage to manage their public image or counteract scandals. The document also discusses how journalists cover both the on-field performances and off-field lives of athletes, and questions whether local sports journalists should criticize local teams even if it makes them unpopular.

1. Local, Celebrity & Sports
Chapters 1 & 9

2. Celebrity Journalism
 What is celebrity?
 Yellow Journalism
 Changed from 19th -21st century

3. Celebrity Journalism
 What do you think makes an official & authentic story
about celebrities?
 Celebrity Profiles: common with mainstream
magazines and some newspapers
 Allows celebrities to show their best selves
 Can be used to battle bad press coverage

4. Scandal
 “the fall of any celebrity is a major news story”.
 Entertainment shows
 Tori Spelling

5. Scandal
National Enquirer Paparazzi

6. Scandal
 Celebrities actions bring light to other issues for
discussion
 Do you think sports journalists should have specific
parameters relating to sports performances rather then
scandal?

7. Sports Journalism
 Sports Journalists not only report the on-field
experience of players but also their off-field character
and behavior
 video

8. Local Sports
 What is local sports journalism?
 Should local sports journalists conduct criticism
trough local newspapers even if the journalist
becomes unpopular?

9. Discussion Questions
 Name a celebrity or athlete who has used the media to
counteract negative press coverage around a scandal?
 What are examples of journalists turning into
celebrities and celebrities turning into journalists?
 How does this benefit journalism?