You can explore the human side.When the US bombed Iraq in late 1998, I was at
the Asian Games in Bangkok, stringing for Agence France-Presse.I went to the athletes village that
morning and found a Kuwaiti runner who said he had been taken prisoner by Saddam
Hussein's army prior to the first Gulf War and was eventually freed by US forces.His
sport, his results, his training regime were mere side stories to his ordeal.When writing sports
stories, you have so much more than A beats B. You have a choice between
an all-expense paid trip to Fiji on business class to interview golfer Vijay Singh only
days after he set a US PGA Tour record OR cover the early rounds of
the Malaysian Open badminton tournament.What would any normal person do? Unfortunately, journalists are far from
normal - in the hours they work, the way they write and their perspective on
who is a star and who is not.That's why sports journalists will tell tn requin you it's
not about the name, it's about the story they tell.This is the second time I've
turned down that Fiji trip, the first one being a couple of years ago when
Singh went to his native country to start work on his own golf course there.Was
it an easy decision? Yes it was. Reuters asked me a week before whether or
not I'm okay for the badminton and I said I was.Was it painful? Extremely. Coup
plots aside, Fiji is the sun, sea and sand desert island of choice when it
comes to being washed ashore after a shipwreck.But the thrill of sports journalism comes from
the unusual, which I will explain later. You have emotion, ambition, achievement, sacrifice and countless
other aspects that add drama to your writing.Talk to athletes, ask them how they got
there, what did they do last night, what did they eat, any problems getting to
the venue. Journalism is about people, and sport can tell their requin tn stories better than any
other writing genre, in my humble opinion.So, whether it's Malaysia's top badminton player Lee Chong
Wei or Vijay Singh, they are both equals on the other side of my notebook.
Or at least should do.The Fiji offer came from Asian Golf Monthly, for which I
write a column entitled "Bunker Blues".The boss told me that Singh had only decided on
making the Fiji trip after winning at Kapalua, Hawaii on Sunday to grab his 30th
career title and 18th since turning 40 - edging ahead of Sam Snead for the
most post-40 victories.As a journalist, you've got to be professional about these things (he says
as he cries into his morning tea, which comes in a conical glass with a
cherry and mini-umbrella sticking out just to remind him of what he's missing).I write in
my ebook "Secrets to how top pros write news" that it doesn't matter if you're
interviewing Tiger Woods or your local under-15s lawn bowls player because everybody has a story
to tell.As I was learning to write and grew as a journalist, this concept was
strengthened, especially when you realise how bland some of the better known sports "stars" can
be.Still, this is Fiji we're talking about, eh? I'll get there one day, God-willing.Sports stories
are not as confined as hard-hitting news articles, which can constrict you in the words
you use and what you are allowed to relate.In sport, you can get into your
subject's life. Ask them about their life.You will see how much it can enrich your
articles. Their star status will depend on the story they have to tell.Nazvi Careem is
an experienced journalist, writer and news writing coach who has written for several newspapers, magazines
and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse. This is how
all sports journalists learn to write. To suscribe to his free newsletter and receive writing
tips, check out The News Writers Post..
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