Teaching Sports Media: Classroom Strategies for Getting Your Students in the Game

Teaching Sports Media: Classroom Strategies for Getting Your Students in the Game

Welch Suggs and Lauren Reichart Smith (eds.) Teaching Sports Media: Classroom Strategies for Getting Your Students in the Game. (2026) Bloomsbury. Overview: This practice-oriented guide equips instructors with proven strategies and activities for teaching a wide variety of sports media courses. Contributing authors include experienced scholars and practitioners who have taught students both in the field and in the classroom. The book covers general topics broadly applicable, such as ethics, online teaching, accessibility, diversity, experiential learning, campus and local newspaper engagement, broadcasting, sports journalism, esports, and personal branding. A final section gathers teaching tips, assignments, and activities in a "gym bag" for use across course types. 

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