Spring 2027

Sports Reporting and Writing

Covers core skills for communicating about sports to a mass audience, including career support and professional access, within a changing media landscape.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Matt Hermann3.6/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain an understanding of best practices particular to sports reporting and communication in a variety of media, including event and feature coverage, interviewing, sourcing, investigative techniques, data utilization and sports marketing/public relations.

  • Articulate an understanding of the impact of sport on societal issues and attitudes.

  • Apply best practices and theoretical understanding through written, discussion, and experiential exercises.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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JOURN 150

JOURN 450

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Raw average: 2.50/5 from 2 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.89 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MATTHEW HERMANN is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2025, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.99 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=50 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Event and feature coverage, interviewing, sourcing, investigative techniques, data utilization, and sports marketing/PR.
  • The impact of sport on societal issues and attitudes.
  • The role of sport in contemporary society.

Skills

  • Sports reporting, interviewing, sourcing, investigative techniques, data utilization, and sports marketing/PR.
  • Career development and professional networking in sports communication.

Grades

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About this comparison

1316 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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JOURN 450 · Spring 2027

Sports Reporting and Writing

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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