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

This course has been developed to meet the requirements of freelance sports journalists working on assignment for a range of newspapers. It is packed with practical activities and you will have real sporting articles to write about and submit to newspaper editors. In addition, you can access the online activities in the eLearning Centre to further practise and test your knowledge and skills. And you can talk with other students from all over the country in the Student Forum.

Materials: Your course includes College folder and student case, unless you are undertaking your course online, all modules (tutorials and assignment projects), textbooks, learning tools, tutor feedback and marking, College support, progressive Transcripts of Study, Graduate Awards and final Academic Transcripts, access to the eCampus, eNews, Student ID Pass, and access to educational discounts.

• Do you enjoy writing?
• Do you enjoy meeting people?
• Do you enjoy playing or watching sports?

If you said, "yes" to these questions and would like to know more then read on ...

The Sports Journalism & Match Reporting Course is all about going to sports games or sporting events and venues, mixing with the players or competitors, then reporting it to an audience who appreciate every word you’ve written. No matter what sport you like one thing is for sure ... this country wants to read about it.

Through this course you are going to learn how to write structured articles, conduct interviews, prepare features, write match reviews and submit your work to editors.

You will learn how sports journalists do their job, how they interview players and competitors, how they get lively ‘quotes’, how they write exciting match reports and how they get them published with their name underneath.

It doesn't matter what the sport is. Just about any sport has a market:

• tennis
• surfing
• skiing
• hockey
• netball
• football
• cricket
• swimming
• beach volleyball
• badminton
• golf
• cycling

As you can see there is a lot to write about.