Sports course structure

Right now, sports reporting and production for KUJH-TV and tv.ku.edu is essentially a free-for-all. This proposal outlines our ideas for structuring classes in the coming semesters to provide a definitive direction for educating journalism students about sports coverage on TV and the web. The purpose for structuring sports classes is to help students and instructors achieve the mission we set out for tv.ku.edu, as well as improve the content and production for KUJH-TV and Sports Talk. Structure will make each student responsible for producing quality content by assigning them specific tasks and giving them a grade for it. Students genuinely interested in sports reporting, whether online or broadcast, will thrive in an environment where expectations and rewards are clearly outlined. For a look at how sports classes may be structured in future semesters, see our proposal for the structure of sports journalism classes at KU.