Start A New Career By Being A Part-Time Sports Writer

Combine your love of sports and writing to create a new freelance, part-time or full-time career as a sports writer!

Created by: Steve Phillips
Digital Consultant / Marketing Coach

What Will I Learn?

• Learn how to be a sports writer with little or no experience.
• Learn how your lack of a college degree or your age can keep you from being a sports writer.
• How to gain sports writing experience and learn more about sports.
• How and when is the right time to apply for a sports writing job or freelance assignment.
• Learn how to become and sports writer and get published today!
• How to take your sports writing skills to the next level.
• Learn how to write the sports profile article.
• Learn how to write the sports feature article.
• How to write game previews.
• How to cover a sporting event.
• Learn how to move up the ranks and cover college and professional sports.
• Learn about other sports writing and journalism opportunities in your area.

Requirements

• Students should have a good understanding of popular sports (football, basketball, baseball, etc.).
• Students should be able to understand sports box scores and how they are compiled.
• Students should be willing to learn about other sports (golf, swimming, gymnastics, etc.).

Target audience

• This is a beginner course for anyone who enjoys sports and would like to learn how they can work from the ground-up in sports writing.
• Students should have some basic writing experience. Published articles in a school newspaper; local newspaper or writing a blog is a plus.
• This course is probably not for you if you are learning how to write an article or gain interview skills.