Maria Burns Ortiz

Week 12 – Diversity. Women and minorities in sports media. (Nov. 30)

Reading:

• “Who’s covering whom? Sports sections lag in diversity” Richard Lapchick, ESPN.com.

• “Offensive Interference” Sherry Ricchiardi, American Journalism Review.

• “Depiction of a female reporter in Mr. 3000 sends the wrong message.” Richard Deitsch, Sports Illustrated.

• “Hey Chico! The Latin in Major League Baseball.” Samuel O. Regalado, Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture. [Nine is available through Gale or MUSE in Tufts E-Journals. Fall 2002. Vol. 11, Issue 1]

• “Stereotypes, the Media and Black Athletes Who Get into Trouble.” James G. Muhammad. New America Media.

Racial and Gender Report Card (Associated Press Sports Editors).” 2008 report. University of Central Florida’s DeVos Sports Business Management program.

• Classmates’ projects.

Blog Assignment: Ines Sainz case study. What are you thoughts on the Ines Sainz-Jets controversy from earlier this semester? Also examine what has happened following this incident. Include links. [You do not have to read or comment on your classmates’ blogs as you are expected to read your classmates’ projects.]

Speaker (via Skype): Angela Clemmons, Sports Copy Chief, The Denver Post, former copy editor, The New York Daily News

Skill: Self-editing, tips for clean copy

Final project presentations.