Don't Fret About Managing Stress
By Raymond Lee
Stress Management...is there really such a thing? Can a person really put stress and management in the same sentence? Yes, they can! Before we begin, let's just define stress in itself.
Stress is a combination of many things such as events and circumstances that people experience and their mental and physical reaction to those things. It can also be defined, technically, as "a condition in which one feels that demands have exceeded social and personal resources available to them".
Therefore, stress management can be aptly identified as our ability to have some form of control of our reactions to the events and circumstances that cause us stress. Perception seems to be the common denominator when categorizing stress.
Stress Management is most effective when the person feels that they still have some form of control and/or the ability to obtain a form of control. It is a way to cope with work burdens, people problems, environmental issues, jobs, and performance in a wide variety of topics.
However, there will be times when actually taking control of a situation, physically, is not possible and one must handle stress with an emotional approach. This form of stress management can be of equal value to the person, but is not as easy.
The hardest approach to stress management can be accepting things as they are and moving on. It is a very difficult situation to understand stress and how to survive it. Some will strive on stress and excel, while others stagnate and fall prey to it.
It's the timeless advice to accept that which you cannot change, work to change those that you can and the wisdom to know the difference. It is this wisdom that brings about the ability to cope and the ability to live stress free. As part of a person's personal development and especially in a management position, being able to quickly determine whether a situation warrants strength to deal with it or the ability to look beyond it.
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Sports journalism
Do you ever wonder the hard work and importance every time you crack open the sports section during breakfast? A lot of people watch the events on tv, but those that don’t usually read about the events in the paper or online. I believe that a sport writing is a very important part of the sporting and media industry. You can’t always watch every game or listen to it on the radio. That where Sports writing comes into play. It is also starting to become a big part in the journalism industry as well. The reason is, is that more and more people want to hear about there favorite teams scores or players and events in the sporting world. Sports journalism is an essential part to any news /media organization. There are even media sources that are just devoted to sports such as ESPN and sports illustrated.
Job description of the sports writer
The main job of a sports writer is to be devoted entirely to sports reporting. They cover the world of sports, Write about games, personalities, and issues using the same techniques and ethical guidelines as news reports. After all they are still reporting the news; it’s just the sports side of the news. To succeed as a sports journalist, you need to know the sport(s) instinctively. When writing there columns, articles, and ext. they need to be written in a well educated manner, but still be able to be enjoyed by sports fans and readers alike. Almost every news paper has a sports section and at least one writer that covers the sports section. A plus side of being a sport journalist is if you live in a large city with a major-league team, the newspaper(s) will assign one of their sports writers to travel with the team and cover the game and also write extra features and interviews with the club, players, coaches, and managers. Sports are not always nice to journalists in different countries they are often not tolerated, but here in America, teams often allow reporters and journalists into locker rooms for interviews with athletes and extra information for their use. Sports journalists are just like any other reporter, but they have to find the story rather then relying on information given to them by the sports team, institution or the coaching staff. Journalists’ must verify the facts that were given to them by the teams and organizations that they are covering. Often coaches, sports organization management, or even players themselves rescind or take away journalists’ access credentials in a way of retaliation towards the journalists for printing accurate but non beneficial information about a team, player coach/coaches or organization.
On the job
According to Lynn Zinster (who is a sports writer) becoming a sports writer is hard and sometimes discouraging work. She says that you need to “just write as much as possible”. Zinster also states that you should do as much of it as you can and make sure you like doing it, and also to show people that you will be good at it. Rising up the ranks in journalism can sometimes be pretty hard, especially in the wide world of sports writing. Deadlines are probably on of the biggest problems on the job. The reason for this is that many sporting events are at night or sometime in the evening. Daily news papers are often printed at this time. Which puts stress on the writers because there stories most of the time have to be written within a matter of minutes. To help make situations like this easier they often use a technique called “the running game story “, which is basically writing as it unfolds. The running story is continually updated from the top, with the oldest information being pushed down and eventually out of the story. The hours are almost always never the same and are prone to change. Grant Kerr is another sports writer and he says that (referring to the odd hours) “this isn’t a Dolly Parton (9-to5) industry”. The hours can be quit different everyday. He also adds that you have to work a lot of nights and split-shifts. It can be hard on family and travel is constant and can be physically and mentally draining on the journalists. (bridges.com)
Education
Obviously you have to pass all classes in high school, but some of the ones that can help get your feet wet are courses such as English, second language, school news paper are all classes that can benefit you in the world of sports journalism. Now most newspapers and other media want both education and experience, along with a college degree in journalism. A few ways that you can get experience are from work on high school and college newspapers. Also you can get some experience just by simply going to a game and writing about it. Not all but many local news papers sometimes hire students as stringers. They attend local games and write a brief or short story as well as a statistical breakdown of the game. Lynn Zinger also says that being a stringer can be a good way to get your foot in the door. The majority of sports journalists al
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