On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by one of his favorite sportswriters, enterprise reporter, Alex Coffey, who has written for The Athletic, The New York Times, USA Today, and FoxSports.com.
Alex told the story of how she got into the business, following the path of her father as a sports enterprise writer and her mother as journalists, and explained how her appreciation of history is so important to her work.
Alex then talked about some of the most interesting stories she’s written, from hanging out in a bookstore and talking about The Alchemist and The Great Gatsby, with a baseball player just before his baseball life changed, to a more intense piece on a former baseball player-turned police officer who has dealt with the aftereffects of working through the September 11 attacks.
She also shared on her efforts to talk to people who would give insight into a reclusive sports team owner and how she captured her own thoughts on her sister getting drafted to play pro soccer.
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Mallory Carra, Longtime Journalist; West Coast Media Jobs
Stephanie Marudas and Emily Previti, Kouvenda Media
Massarah Mikati, Communities and Engagement Reporter: Philadelphia Inquirer
Divya Karthikeyan, Race & Equity Reporter: Louisville Public Media
Tim Furlong, Delaware Bureau Reporter - NBC10 Philadelphia
Colleen Cronin, Environmental Reporter, ecoRI News
Adrianna Adame, Reporter, Buffalo's Fire
Joseph Bustos, Politics & Government Reporter: The State
Rochelle Estrada, President SPJ Student Chapter, William Paterson University
Frances Solá-Santiago, Fashion Writer: Refinery29
Marjorie Cortez, Education Reporter: Deseret News
Michael Clair, Reporter- MLB.com
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