Journalism 391SB - S- Sports Talk Live

This 3 credit performance class is aimed at preparing sports journalists for broadcast. Students will cover sports stories over the weekend, then perform game previews, postgame wrap-ups, halftime reporting, reporter debriefs, on-set analysis based on their reporting. These assignments will be compiled into the Amherst Wire Weekly Sports Wrap-up shows that will be recorded in the broadcast studio. Students will take turns anchoring the show and doing their reporting on camera.

Students who can shoot and edit video can turn in video stories for extra credit. But this is not required. By the end of the semester, a productive student will have enough on-air material to put together a performance reel.