INTERNET RESOURCES FOR COVERING SPORTS

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AP Sports Editors
http://apse.dallasnews.com/
Tips and background reports from annual convention, monthly newsletter.

Beginner's Beats: Covering Sports
http://www.notrain-nogain.org/list/spt.asp
Chapter from Chip Scanlan's book, Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21st Century .

Computer-Assisted Sports Reporting
http://update.usatoday.com/go/newswatch/95/nw1126-2.htm
Tips from Gannett staffers on how database analysis can broaden sports coverage.

Covering High School Sports
http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/content/1915.cfm
Tips from a Washington Post sportswriter.

Guide to Player Salaries and Contracts
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/sports/salaries.html
An indispensable tip sheet From Mike Reilley (Northwestern U).

Journalist's Toolbox Sports Links
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/newswriting/sports.html
Organized by topic; medicine, law, race and gender, economics, and individual sports.

Sportswriting's 30 Dirty Words
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/sports/30dirty.html
From Mike Reilley (Northwestern U): Advice on what NOT to do in covering sports.

SportsEditor.com
http://www.sportseditor.com/
Internet home for online sports journalists has a useful listserv.

Tips for Sports Reporting
http://www.straightscoop.org/advice/stu_sports.html
Suggestions from Phil Jasner, Philadelphia Daily News.