Folder of sporting columns (provided by lecturer)
Internet, Blackboard VLE, Ning forum
Newspapers and Journals

Bose, M. (1996) The Sporting Alien: English Sport's Lost Camelot. Edinburgh: Mainstream
Boyle, R. (2006) Sports Journalism - Context and Issues. London: Sage
Coleman, N & Hornby, N. eds. (1996) The Picador Book of Sports Writing. London: Picador
Kelly, SF. ed. (1997) A Game of Two Halves: A Collection of the World's Greatest Football Writing. London: Hamlyn
Rowe, D. (2004) Sport, Culture and the Media. Maidenhead: Open University Press
Silvester, C. ed. (1998) The Penguin Book of Columnists. London: Penguin
Steen, R. (2008) Sports Journalism - A Multimedia Primer. Abingdon: Routledge
Waterhouse, K. (1995) 'Climbing the Column', British Journalism Review, Vol. 6 (3)

11 Workshops comprising 2 x 2 hours attended sessions: 9 x 2 hours online discussion sessions via Blackboard and/or Ning - 22 hours. Skills developed will include self and peer assessment and communicating ideas.

Guided independent reading - 40 hours - developing research skills and independent learning

Assessment preparation - 88 hours - involving the preparation of sporting columns for discussion in online workshops, research and writing up of columns

Total student commitment - 150 hours

A PORTFOLIO of work including the following:

Four x sports columns (c. 600-800 words each, each worth 25% of total assessment) - students must produce four columns in a different style (from broadsheet, tabloid, mid-market, blog, humorous, local commentator, social commentary, historical reflection) Total word count is 3000 words.

Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 & 4

Origins of the newspaper columnist; From Cardus to Samuel; The art of writing a sports column; Broadsheet columnists; Mid-market columnists: Tabloid columnists: Sporting blogs: The reflective columnist