Date: October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

As the world watches the best athletes on the planet at a veracious rate during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, the class will learn what it is like to cover those competitors from the press box. What research do sports reporters need to have at the ready to understand the psychology and business of the best teams in the NFL, MLB, or NHL? Where do journalists get it right or wrong when writing or editing features in a rapidly changing gender dynamic of college athletics as Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Women's Basketball team proved? How do we understand from outside the ropes the familial and financial dynamics at play when talking about controversies like the PGA vs. LIV saga which is lighting the world of golf on fire? These questions and more will be answered in this course designed
for those who are regularly glued to their sports channels as well as those who simply like knowing who to root for during the big games.

About Annie Krall
Annie Krall is an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism. She is a former radio news anchor for WLS-Radio (890AM) in Chicago and has taken her storytelling abilities on-air as a TV news and sports reporter to NBC in St. Louis, MO (KSDK-TV) and ABC in Green Bay, WI (WBAY-TV). After earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwestern University, Krall covered breaking news in Green Bay, the Ryder Cup international golf tournament, and the Green Bay Packers. Sharpening her golf skills as a competitive golfer starting at the age of six, Krall was the first entertainment golf correspondent for the LPGA.