Definition of Sports Journalism
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in May. 2015
Responsibility to collect and research current issues to make them known to the public through various mass media
Journalism is undoubtedly one of the most popular and recognized activities in the world since it has the responsibility to collect and investigate topics, current news and then make them known to the public through various media communication massive as being, television, radio, press graph, and at this stage of the game we cannot avoid Internet, the network of networks, offers us an infinity of pages whose mission is precisely the practice of journalism.
One who addresses sports news and topics
Now, journalism is classified according to the topic it addresses, so it is the one who addresses issues and news sports is known as sports journalism and it is undoubtedly one of the branches most followed by the public as a consequence that the sport it is a mass attraction all over the planet.
Inform about the tournaments and competitions that take place in each discipline, both locally and internationally
Basically, sports journalism deals with reporting about the tournaments and competitions that take place in each disciplineBoth locally and internationally, such is the case of the national, provincial and municipal championships or the world championships, respectively.
Address all issues around sport
But with the passing of time and with the fantastic spread of sport in the world, which coincided with the exponential economic growth of many disciplines such as soccer, tennis, basketball, sports journalism, grew a lot and began to deal with other issues related to each sports such as the contracts that players sign with their clubs, the contracts that athletes and sportsmen make with companies, among other things.
And also, although to a lesser extent, it deals with the curiosities and personal details that surround the figures sports, because this phenomenal growth has also led many athletes to become true world celebrities that monopolize the attention of journalism.
We could then say that the fan of this or that sport, today, is interested in what happens on a playing field, on a field, and It also happens outside of it: personal, commercial issues, among others, and then sports journalism must address them with the same quality and instantaneity with which they happen.
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