Jl MC 391R: Sports Broadcasting Bootcamp

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Sports Broadcasting Bootcamp will introduce students to sports broadcasting roles in radio/television/live streaming, including play-by-play, color analyst, sideline reporter and producer. The course learning objectives will include the following:

Preparing for a sports broadcast: creating spotting boards, rosters, statistics, game notes, pronunciations, storylines
Calling play-by-play: differences in radio and TV; nuts and bolts (score, down and distance, player identification); similarities and differences in various sports; using a monitor in the booth; objectivity
Working as a color analyst/sideline reporter
Working with a producer/engineer: communication with the production crew/engineer
Building relationships with student-athletes, athletic administrators, and other media members
Fulfilling sponsorship obligations during broadcasts
Interviewing techniques

Prerequisite(s): None

Credit Hours: 1

Current semester: Spring 2023

Format: In-Person

Class Dates: Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Format: In-person instruction at Pete Taylor Media Room, Hilton Coliseum (enter through east ramp doors) and at the ISU softball field at the Cyclone Sports Complex

Lunch will be provided Friday, but not Saturday.
We will NOT be inside the ISU softball press box Saturday for our mock TV broadcast, so check the weather forecast and dress accordingly.
If there are changes to the Iowa State softball game schedule, we may have to change what we're doing when so watch the Canvas announcements for any class schedule updates.

Instructor Information

Sports Broadcasting Professional: John Walters (waltersj@iastate.edu)

Greenlee School Instructor: Beth Haag (bhaag@iastate.edu)

Preferred contact method: Email

Haag's In-person and virtual student hours: Tuesdays-Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Haag available via appointment Mondays-Thursdays: www.calendly.com/bhaag

Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication