Sportswriting

Catalog description

Using the sports programs at Nichols as well as issues and events in the larger sports world, students will develop the writing skills of bona fide sports writers. The course will involve reporting on actual sports events, writing feature stories about athletes and their sports, and composing columns that combine good research with thoughtful opinion. Along the way, students will learn planning and interviewing skills and reinforce the foundations taught in their first-year writing courses.