It is important to have excellent interpersonal skills, writing skills, problem solving skills, speaking, and interviewing skills as an SID. Sports Information Directors need to be able to write various types of pieces such as feature stories, news releases, news stories, games notes, media guide text, speeches, and other types of writing.
Here is a scenario: You have been tasked to write a blog for a top NCAA women’s basketball team. It is a team that is starting to do well in the standings but needs more publicity. First, define blogging. Then discuss what kind of blog you would write for this organization and why? How often would you update the blog? How will your blog add value to your organization and make readers gravitate toward reading your blog? Also, cite three other examples of blogging and how the blog adds value to the organization that it is being written for and how it appeals to the reader.
The length of this paper should be 3-5 pages, typed and double spaced.
Use 12-point Times New Roman font. Pages should be double-spaced with 1-inch margins all around. No bold or italicized font should dominate the page.
Tabs should be no more than ¼”.
Have your name, the assignment number, and the page number in the header on each page. For example: John Doe, Assignment 1, p. 1
Write in business communication style. Do not use first-person unless the assignment specifically asks for your perspective and avoid passive voice when possible.
Use APA citation and reference style.
Spell check and proofread your paper before turning it in. Be sure to watch out for grammar and spelling errors. As points will be deducted for submissions that are poorly written and contain grammatical and spelling errors. One point will be deducted for each error.
Before sending your paper refer to the “submission of written assignments” section in the syllabus and make sure you are saving and sending correctly.