What is sports journalism? How COVID-19 accelerated a redefining of US sports reporting

G Perreault, D Nölleke - Journalism Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The coronavirus pandemic placed sports journalism in a vulnerable state, which
necessitated a reconsideration of what it means to conduct sports journalism. Through the …

“Crypt keeper that she is”: Mariah bell and the media framing of age in the 2022 US National Figure Skating Championships

HJ Carmack, BS Lazenby - Communication & Sport, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In 2022, Mariah Bell won the US National Figure Skating Championship in women's singles.
Media coverage of her win and subsequent appointment to the US Olympic figure skating …

History or vanity? The first “female” referees in the history of the FIFA World Cup and its reflections on Twitter

Y Demir, B Ayhan - Feminist Media Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In May 2022, FIFA announced that female referees, Stéphanie Frappart, Neuza Back and
Karen Diaz, would officiate at the 2022 men's football World Cup held in Qatar that year …

Symbolic power of sports journalists as challenged by external recognition of women's sports performance

R Guyot, F Ohl, L Schoch - Media, Culture & Society, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines journalists' working experiences to understand how they hinder the
recognition of female footballers' performances. It relies on 16 semi-structured interviews …

Pandemic Podcasting: Industry Disruption, Organizational Adaptation, and Covering Sports When the World Stops

R Broussard, LA Sherrill, M Funk - Journalism Practice, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT COVID-19 brought US sports to an abrupt halt. As leagues struggled to find a
path forward, so did sports podcasters, who had to find content to satisfy listeners and …

“This Isn'ta Sports Story… This Is a Life Story”: Elite Athletes and Myths About Mental Illness in Sport

S Parrott - International Journal of Sport …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Athletes face unique mental health stressors, including internal/external pressure, time
displacement, and physical injury. In addition, athletes who experience mental illnesses …

All My Friends Know The Slow Writer: Contextualization, Explanation, Fairness and Equity in Sports Illustrated's Daily Cover

R Broussard, M Funk, P Vashisht - Journalism Practice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sports Illustrated has a long legacy of respected longform journalism and a well-
documented history of oversexualizing female athletes and underrepresenting women's …

No Longer a Sign of Weakness? Media Reporting on Mental Ill Health in Sport

KD Parry, AG Braim, RE Jull… - … Journal of Sport …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
This study analyzed media framing of athletes who have suffered mental ill health. The mass
media play a crucial role in shaping public attitudes and perceptions surrounding mental …

Journalistic Framing of Finnish Ice Hockey Club Jokerit in the Russian-Led Kontinental Hockey League

J Särkivuori, A Laine - Media and Communication, 2024 - jyx.jyu.fi
One of the major franchises in Finland's top division in men's ice hockey (Liiga), Jokerit
Helsinki, sold its home arena and half of its shares to Finnish-Russian oligarchs in 2013 …

Critical Feminism and Football Pundits: Calm Down… It's Just a Woman Talking Football

A Bowes, M Matthews, J Long - Critical issues in football, 2023 - api.taylorfrancis.com
It has long been documented by feminist scholars investigating women in football that their
involvement has been fragmented and rooted in discrimination. That being said, in the …