Language of Power in Journalism: #4

As an aspiring sports writer, the issues of the language of power are actually very important. Not only does the language of power take place in written language but in spoken language. It is important to know how peoples of different cultures who may read whatever newspaper or magazine I wind up with would take in the language that I use. In my areas of expertise, baseball and feature writing, the spoken aspect could be very useful. Conducting interviews in the sport of baseball will be interesting due to the rapid increase of foreign-born players in the sport. Spanish speaking players as well as those who speak languages such as Japanese will be instances where I need to be ready for interviews to be difficult to come by due to language differences.