Maria Burns Ortiz

Week 4 – Sports journalism that moves you. (Sept. 28)

Readings:
• “To An Athlete Dying Young.” A.E. Housman.
• “Late Hit from a Con Artist.” and “Score One for the Good Guys.” Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated.
• “When the Terror Began.” Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated.
• “Every Parent’s Nightmare.” Don Yaeger and William Nack, Sports Illustrated.
• “My Army Experience Was Life-Altering.” Gino Marchetti as told to Maria Burns Ortiz, ESPN.com.
• Marchetti Transcript. Maria Burns Ortiz. (Will be e-mailed.)

Video:
• One Day in September (Will arrange screening)
• One Last Look, USC draws inspiration from Fan (Web video)

Blog Assignment: Find one to three examples of sports journalism (text, video, audio or photo driven) that moved you. Link to it. What was it that impacted you?

In-class exercise: Interview classmate for Week 5 blog.

Final Presentation Topic Due. (Topics must be approved.)