Module Descriptors
WRITING SPORTS COLUMNS
JOUR60176
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Michael Temple
Email: M.Temple@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Only available to students enrolled on BA (Hons) Professional Sportswriting and Broadcasting
Module Indicative Content
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
Module Additional Assessment Details
Summative assessment
4 x sports columns (c. 500-600 words each) - students must produce four columns in a different style (from broadsheet, tabloid, mid-market, blog, humorous, local commentator, social commentary, historical reflection)
Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 & 4
Formative learning
Independent learning via guided readings, literature searches via Web and library.
4 x sports columns (c. 500-600 words each) - students must produce four columns in a different style (from broadsheet, tabloid, mid-market, blog, humorous, local commentator, social commentary, historical reflection)
Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 & 4
Formative learning
Independent learning via guided readings, literature searches via Web and library.
Module Resources
Folder of sporting columns (provided by lecturer)
Internet, Blackboard
Newspapers and Journals
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Internet, Blackboard
Newspapers and Journals
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.
Module Texts
Nick Coleman & Nick Hornby, eds. (1996) The Picador Book of Sports Writing (London: Picador)
Rob Steen (2008) Sports Journalism: a multimedia primer (Abingdon: Routledge)
David Rowe (2004) Sport, Culture and the Media (Maidenhead: Open University Press)
Raymond Boyle (2006) Sports Journalism: Context and Issues (London: Sage)
Stephen F. Kelly, ed. (1997) A Game of Two Halves: a collection of the world's greatest football writing (London; Hamlyn)
Mihir Bose (1996) The Sporting Alien: English sport's lost Camelot (Edinburgh: Mainstream)
Keith Waterhouse (1995) 'Climbing the column', British Journalism Review, Vol. 6 (3)
Christopher Silvester, ed. (1998) The Penguin Book of Columnists (London: Penguin)
Rob Steen (2008) Sports Journalism: a multimedia primer (Abingdon: Routledge)
David Rowe (2004) Sport, Culture and the Media (Maidenhead: Open University Press)
Raymond Boyle (2006) Sports Journalism: Context and Issues (London: Sage)
Stephen F. Kelly, ed. (1997) A Game of Two Halves: a collection of the world's greatest football writing (London; Hamlyn)
Mihir Bose (1996) The Sporting Alien: English sport's lost Camelot (Edinburgh: Mainstream)
Keith Waterhouse (1995) 'Climbing the column', British Journalism Review, Vol. 6 (3)
Christopher Silvester, ed. (1998) The Penguin Book of Columnists (London: Penguin)
Module Learning Strategies
12 Workshops (2 hours) - 24 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 - 86 hours
Preparation of sporting columns for discussion in workshops (24 hours), research and writing up of columns (62 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 - 86 hours
Preparation of sporting columns for discussion in workshops (24 hours), research and writing up of columns (62 hours)