[Handout] Sports Editor John Bohnenkamp Offers Tips for Writing Sports Recaps on Deadline

Posted on 10. Nov, 2011 by Aaron Manfull in Tips, Writing

The web allows scholastic media staffs to cover game previews and recaps in a much more timely fashion than its print counterpart. Quickly turning stories is a tough chore to many high school sports reporters. Sports Editor John Bohnenkamp of the Burlington (Iowa) Hawk Eye offers some tips to high school sports reporters and shows how stories can be turned quickly on a deadline.

In this handout, Bohnenkamp offers tips for sports reporters and he breaks down a story he wrote to show an outline sports reporters can follow when turning recap stories quickly.

You can follow Bohnenkamp on Twitter @johnbohnenkamp.

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