Sports journalists are often some of the most versatile people in the newsroom. Sport events often turn into breaking news, and the modern world of sport has a lot of crossovers with business.
Sports journalists are often some of the most versatile people in the newsroom. Sport events often turn into breaking news, and the modern world of sport has a lot of crossovers with business.
Sport (or at least the stuff TV reports on and covers)
is
a business, and no surprises that corruption isn't often far away.
Exactly my point. Sports reporting is about a lot more than what happens on the pitch. Your typical sports journo need to have an impressive range of skills.
On at least one BBC local radio station the default back-up position should the Breakfast presenter call in sick (or on one occasion fall ill 5 minutes before going on air) was for the sports presenter to stand in (before DQF removed the early turn sports reader). I guess if you're happy to go on air with a Saturday afternoon sports show where there is no script for most of the programme then a fully produced and planned Breakfast show shouldn't be a problem.
