If you love sports and are looking to get paid for your passion, this course is for you! Nikki is an Editor and Senior Sports Writer at La Liga News UK and freelance sports writer for It's Round & It's White. She'll teach you about how to get published for the first time as a sports writer.
In this class you'll learn:
- The different perspectives and formats an interview can take
- How to find someone to interview
. How to reach out to targets
. How to convince someone to be an interviewee
- How to prepare for an interview
. Candidate background research
. Creating a list of questions
. What to bring
- Interviewing tips
All resources mentioned in the lecture can be found at the bottom of the project page.
This is the seventh course in the series on "How to become a sports writer".
The series is for people who are looking to get into sports writing, whether you are passionate about sports and want to get paid for your passion as a full-time career or as part of your freelance side hustle.
Before taking this course, you should have taken all the intro-level sports writing courses, as well as the other intermediate level course "Sports Writing 201 | Get published for the first time"
Project Description
Your project in this class is to write an interview piece.
In the lectures, I'll take you step-by-step through the process from discussing the types of interview perspectives and formats, to beginning target outreach, to interview preparation, as well as advice for writing the piece.
