Teaching Sports Media: Classroom Strategies for Getting Your Students in the Game

By AEJMC Sports Communication Interest Group

As the latest volume in the Master Class series from AEJMC, this book introduces innovative best practices for teaching in the rapidly growing fields of sports media and communication.

This practice-oriented guide equips instructors with proven strategies and activities for teaching a wide variety of sports media courses. Contributing authors include experienced scholars and practitioners who have taught students both in the field and in the classroom.

The book covers general topics applicable broadly across subject matter, such as ethics, online teaching, accessibility and diversity, experiential learning, campus and local newspaper engagement, broadcasting, sports journalism, esports, and personal branding. A final section gathers teaching tips, assignments, and activities in a "gym bag" for use across course types.

Published in partnership with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the Master Class series gathers the teaching wisdom of leading faculty across the Communication discipline to promote excellence in teaching today's students and future practitioners in mass communication and journalism field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FX3RCHH5
• ISBN13: 9798216278023
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"