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Grid

Ethan Cadeaux ENGL101 Hilliard BL14

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular,
scholarly, trade,
government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

1. Gardner,
author

popular

How is the
media business
affected by these
former athletes?

What does one

have to do to be
considered a
former athlete?

Because so many
athletes are on
sports media,
sports media as a
whole is losing
journalistic
talent.

We must keep
encouraging
traditional
journalists to try
and join sports
media.

popular

How successful
has the transition
from the field to
the booth been
recently?

What sports
journalism is?

If Peyton
Manning, an
NFL star who
has zero
journalism
experience, can
easily get a job
in the field,
traditional
journalism is
slowly
diminishing.

We must make
sure true sports
journalism stays
alive for the
credibility of the
profession.

"Ray Lewis,
Shannon Sharpe
and the Business
of Turning
Athletes into
Broadcasters."
Article from The
Hollywood
Reporter.

2 Nield, author
"Going from
Field to Field:
Athletes Turned
Broadcasters."
Article from The
Digital Universe.

3. Raissman,
author
"A Natural for
TV, Will Peyton
Manning Find a
Spot Worthy
Enough for His
Talents?" article
from New York
Daily News

popular

How easily do
former athletes
get sports media
jobs?

How many
athletes have
done this
transition?

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4. Strauss,
author

popular

How do these
boot camps help
former athletes
learn about
sports media?

popular

How was Ray

Lewis able to get
a job at ESPN so
easily?

"The Next
Generation of
NFL
Broadcasters
Starts Here."
Article For The
Win by USA
Today.

5. Strauss,
author
"Report: Ray
Lewis to Join
ESPN's 'Monday
Night
Countdown.'"
Article for USA
Today.

Athletes should
definitely
enroll in sports
journalism boot
camps in order
to be successful
sports
journalists.

What exactly is a
sports journalism
boot camp?

What did Ray

Lewis have to do
to earn this job?

If Ray Lewis can

join sports media
with zero
experience, what
makes these
networks think
he will be
successful?

Networks must
not overdo how
many former
athletes they hire
for sports media
jobs.

Athletes are
responsible for
preparing
themselves for
the first step in
their postplaying career.

Networks are
responsible for
hiring people
qualified for
the job.

Author Info

Source Type

Categorical

Definitional

Causal

Evaluation

Action

Jurisdiction

Up to three names,
write them all; 4+,
write first name et
al. (i.e., Smith et
al.)

(popular,
scholarly, trade,
government)

Does X exist?

Is X a Y?

Does X cause Y?
Is Y a result of X?

Is it good or bad?
Fair or unfair?
Harmful or
beneficial?

What should be
done about X?

Who is responsible?

6. Chadihi,
author

popular

How do
athletes make
money after
they retire?

Athletes should
be put in a
position to
succeed when
they retire, so
they dont go
broke.

Athletes are
responsible for
their own
finances, but
their former
employers, the
professional
teams they
played for, can
assist them in
being
successful after
their playing
career is over.

Life after NFL a

Challenge for
Many for ESPN

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7. David,
author

popular

Is it easier for
former athletes
to find a job in
sports media
more than ever
before?

"Pro Athletes
and Sports
Broadcasting.
" for School
Video News

8. Clapp,
author

popular

"Sports Jobs
Q&A:
Transitioning
from StudentAthlete to
Employee."
For Work In
Sports
9. Eastman
and Billings,
authors
Sportscasting
and sports
reporting: the
power of
gender bias for
Journal Of
Sport & Social
Issues

scholarly

How often do
former
professional
athletes enter
sports
journalism?

Even some
athletes that
were not stars,
and busts in the
NFL, are able
to find sports
media jobs.

With the
likelihood
increasing for
former athletes
to get sports
media jobs, the
likelihood for
normal
journalists to
get jobs in
sports media is
declining.

How much
money do these
athletes make?

Athletes are
responsible for
financing their
life after their
playing career
is over.

Compared the
ways sports
casting was
done for both
men and
women, and
showed how
their was a
favoritism
towards men.

There is an
issue as to how
sports games
are covered,
and the former
athletes could
be biased
towards their
sports. Since
most of these
athletes are
men, mens
sports seem to
be favored in
coverage.

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10. No author,
source by
Quill
Sports Gap
Grows for
Communication
& Mass Media
Complete

scholarly

How has the

gap widened
between sports
athletes and
sports media?

Although many
athletes are
entering sports
media, there is
a widening gap
between
relationships
among current
players and the
media.

There is a
reputation
between
athletes and the
media and in
order for the
poor
relationship
between the
two to get
resolved, one
side must cave
in.

11. Adams and

Tuggle,
authors
"ESPN's
Sportscenter
and Coverage
of Women's
Athletics: "It's a
Boys' Club."
For Mass
Communication
& Society

scholarly

Are mainly
men
dominating
sports media?

Since Title IX
in 1972,
participation in
women's sports
has grown
dramatically
But despite the
growing level
of participation
by female
athletes at all
competition
levels and
documented
fan interest in
women's
athletics,
coverage of
women's sports
remains
inferior to that
given mate
sports across
all media.

It is unfair that
in sports, men
and women are
covered
unfairly. It is
even worse that
industries
surrounding
sports, such as
sports media,
also have a
gender bias as
well.

MacMullan
and
ABC/ESPN
reporter Dick
Schaap often
approach
athletes by
indirection,
asking, for
instance, about
hobbies so they
can establish
rapport.

Both athletes
and the media
are at fault
here..

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12. J.W.,
author
Big-Name
Hunt for
Sports
Illustrated

scholarly

13. Vogan,
author
"Institutionalizi
ng and
Industrializing
Sport History in
the
Contemporary
Sports
Television
Documentary."
For Journal Of
Sport History
14. Banagan,
author
The Decision, a
Case Study:
Lebron James,
ESPN and
Questions
About Sports
Journalism
Losing Its
Way." For
Media
International

scholarly

scholarly

Discusses the
competition by
sports
journalists to
secure
exclusive
interviews with
top
professional
athletes.
What makes
ESPN the
Worldwide
Leader in
Sports?

This effects the

sports
journalism
industry as a
whole, and
explains why
certain people
have a much
easier time
succeeding in
the profession
that others.

How has the

documentary
series that
ESPN launched
called 30 for 30
affected the
relationship
between
athletes and
sports media?

How did
LeBrons The
Decision
show on ESPN
affect the way
sports
journalism
delivers its
news?

ESPN
documentaries
should be a
way for
athletes to
connect with
the media,
since the media
are telling
athletes stories.

LeBron made a
decision to
leave his
hometown
Cavs to go to
play for the
Miami Heat,
and did it
through a
special edition
ESPN show.

True sports
journalism
would have
broken this
story via a
news report,
but now the
athletes are
getting their
own way to do
this, and the
true art of
sports

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Australia

15. Steen,
author
Sports
Journalism: A
Multimedia
Primer

journalism is
depleting.

book

How has sports

journalism
evolved?

What are the

ethics of
sports
journalism?
What is the
history of
sports
journalism?

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Strauss, Chris. "The Next Generation of NFL Broadcasters Starts Here." For The Win. USA Today, 27 June 2014. Web. 29 Sept.
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Strauss, Chris. "Report: Ray Lewis to Join ESPN's 'Monday Night Countdown.'" USA Today. USA Today, 3 Jan. 2013. Web. 29 Sept.
2015.
Steen, Rob. Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer. London; Routledge, 2014. Print.
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