Football reporters/journalists are people who cover games and write up features on the players/teams for newspapers and relevant websites on the internet. Duties for this job can involve extensive research, interviewing players and managers, fact checking before you go to print and travelling to venues where you will work. To become a Football Journalist you require a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Gaining A Bachelors Degree
This is something you need to gain before you begin working as a football reporter/journalist. There are bachelor’s degrees in journalism where you will learn basic journalistic skills which consist of:
- Reporting
- Editing
- Multimedia journalism
- Feature writing and communication
- Sports in society
- The issues within sports journalism
Finding Work
Once you have gained your degree, smaller companies in the industry can tend to hire you so it is basically an entry level in to employment. The best chance for new graduates nowadays to find employment is to find work at small publications and online media, this is due to the high demand and competitiveness of jobs within the major newspapers and magazines.
Gain More Experience Reporting
Sports/football reporters may move on to bigger newspapers or magazines after gaining relevant experience at local or regional newspapers. Within this field you need to earn your way up to the top stories/assignments which can take up to several several years so gaining more experience is valuable.
