Context or Alibi? Placing Injury Notes in a Match Report
A placement rule for injury context in a match report: where it belongs, where it turns into an alibi, and three sentences rewritten to show the gap.
Tag: sports journalism
Golf, Motorsport and Combat Break the Chronological Recap
A chronological recap fails golf, motorsport and combat sports. The leaderboard swing, the strategy window and the round-by-round card work instead.
What Disappears When an Athlete Speaks Through an Interpreter
What interpretation removes from translated athlete interviews, and five rules for quoting a player who spoke to the room through an interpreter.
A Goalkeeper and a Striker Need Different Questions
Interviewing athletes by position: why a goalkeeper answers a wide question well, why a striker needs a named moment, and the question that fails with both.
The Best Quotes Come From the Least Formal Room
How the mixed zone works, who is obliged to walk through it, the time limits on a question, and why a corridor produces better answers than a podium.
Contracts, Privacy and Club Policy Keep Injury Answers Vague
What athlete injury disclosure rules require, the three constraints behind a vague answer, and a fairer standard for judging what a club can say.
Six Tells in a Post-Match Press Conference
Six observable signals in a post-match press conference, from podium casting to passive injury language, what each supports and where the reading breaks.
Twenty Questions to Ask Instead of How Do You Feel
Twenty sports interview questions grouped by situation, the reason each one works, and the three that should never be asked right after a whistle.
Five Story Types Come Out of Every Media Day
A preseason media day produces the same five stories every year. How the room is built, who controls the clock, and how to spot the genuinely new.