High School Sports: the challenge of covering these events

Having no stat sheets or box scores provided for you are just two of the many challenges that face reporters covering high school sports. Today, some of our fellow classmates and St. Petersburg Times reporter Eduardo Encina told us some of their tips they have used to cover high school events.

As we talked about some of the methods that are used to keep track of everything happening out on the field, I could only think of how difficult it was going to be at first. But I am sure once you do it enough times it become second nature to you.

The sports we talked about covering were football, basketball and baseball. Baseball seemed the easiest to cover, while football and basketball are going to be the most challenging ones to keep track of everything that is going on out on the field.

But like everything else we have learned here at SJI, knowing these methods are going to be vital if we are going to be successful in our careers. It just one more thing my time at Poynter has taught me to make sure I succeed in this crazy but fun world of journalism.