Sports Journalism

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Sports Journalism
For my career research paper I have chosen to delve into the world of the sportswriter, and take a closer look at what that occupation may hold for myself. I have chosen to research this form of journalism because I consider myself to be a sports fanatic, and would very much enjoy spending the rest of my working days writing about the conditions in the world of sports. During the last year or so I have taken a period of time everyday to relax and read over sports articles from baseball and football at some of my favorite websites, such as espn.com or nesn.com, or to sit down and watch Sports Center on ESPN. I also seem to have an ability to remember statistics and rosters of players and teams from almost 10 years ago (which is when I started paying attention to sports) and I believe that would be a tool useful in my vocation of choice. I believe the fields of sports journalism I would be most adept at are baseball and football, since I understand the concepts of the game while also being able to make valid opinions on decisions of coaches that I can back up with knowledge of the games if a disagreement occurred.
Considerations that are most important to me in choosing a career would be what skills I had available, whether I believed I would enjoy this career until retirement (pending a career change), and if I believed I could help people in whatever way that occupation would allow. The sportswriter career seems like an easy choice for myself, as I am very interested in the career itself and the ability to enlighten people on my opinions of sports (which I do on occasion by word of mouth). Sports, in any way, shape of form have probably been my favorite hobby since I was old enough to understand them. So the interest in the career is there, and so is my willingness to be involved in it. I believe I can help people in some small way by opening their eyes to different outlooks on certain items that may come up, such as if a new hitter can push a team over the top, or if the new coach isn’t doing his job correctly. I truly believe that sportswriters today have helped me better focus on sports and take a great deal more understanding with me as I watch and study them.
The sportswriter career has many responsibilities that go along with writing the stori...

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...entative, and a timed news writing test (The Associated Press 1-2).
In conclusion, researching this paper has only fueled my passion for sports journalism. I am absolutely positive that this is the occupation I want, and I only hope that I have the talent to go along with the will to write. My ultimate goal is to achieve a spot on the espn.com baseball or football pages, and I believe that I have found the information needed to prepare myself for this dream. I now know what it is I need to do to gain the experience needed to join the ranks of the sportswriters that I admire.

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