Chapter one consists of the author explaining the life of a beat reporter constantly on the run. She explains how it is very fast paced. When reporting sports you will always be on the run. You must have an open availability to be on the go in order to capture the story. It can be frustrating having to live your life around your job. She mentions how in the past she has missed weddings, events, and other personal plans. She has even had to run out the door in the middle of a hair salon appointment once. She spent the first four years after high school studying journalism, English, and women and gender studies at the University of Kansas. Along with schooling she interned at the Washington Press, the Associated Press, and the Topeka Capital-Journal. Throughout her life she bounced between eleven different states in order to cover sports media. 

Chapter two explains the complexities of sports journaling and reporting. A beat reporter is someone who covers the same sport, team, or league on a full-time basis. It is common for beat writers to be assigned to the same team for years. Some responsibilities a beat reporter has is to provide as much information as possible for fans to get to know their favorite teams. The best kind of reporters will tend to know everything about their team off the top of their head. In season is usually the busiest time for a beat reporter. But, what most people don’t know is that an offseason can be pretty busy as well for college and professional beat writers. An important thing to remember is where your information comes from–your sources. Primary sources may be coaches, players, teammates, athletic directors, and other administrators. Whereas secondary sources can be considered family, friends, etc.