Sports Journalism & Match Reporting
Diploma SPJ12B
Journalism, Editing & Publishing
Learning Method: Correspondence with online support

Career opportunities include: Freelance Sports Journalist, Sports Writer, Match Reporter, Sports Marketer.

Industries include: newspaper/magazine publishing, television/media, corporate/government.

Sports journalists write and edit sports stories, features and reviews for newspapers, magazines and for radio or television stations. A sports journalist may perform the following tasks:

• attend sporting matches, games and events and write sports stories and/or match reports
• undertake research to provide background information for articles
• assess the suitability of reports and articles for publication or broadcasting, within an established style and format, and edit as necessary
• write articles that comment on or interpret news events, and that may put forward a point of view on behalf of the publication/broadcasting agency
• comment on television/radio (in the broadcasting industry)
• work with a sports photographer to report on games and events
• liaise with all sorts of people, particularly those in the media business.