A sports journalist: a professional sportsman or a skilled media worker

Abstract

Sport has been classified as a major phenomenon that is linked to many aspects of human life, such as national and international relations, forms of a constant view, fashion, ethnic values and lifestyle. With expanding of media market from the beginning of the 21st century, sport journalism became more popular as well. This fact is proved by existence of a constant audience. Global sports events such as FIFA World Cup, Olympic Games, The Champions League and Super Bowl attracts people from all over the world. The statement has been made, that ratio of interest to sport events doesn’t decrease throughout the season. The general description of term «sports journalism», «sports commentator» has been made. The general model of a sports journalist as a profession has been structured. It has been highlighted such important skills of a sports writer as reporting, efficiency and analytical thinking. The work is based on few scientifical publications of Russian, Ukrainian and American researches, which create the general objectivity of the published material. The practical analysis of publication includes analysis of modern Ukrainian analytical sport programs, such as «ProFootball» and «Velykyi football», which are available on national TV at this time.