Adapting to a Changing World with Sports Journalist Jane McManus

On today’s episode, I’m talking to sports journalist Jane McManus about adapting to a changing world.

Jane is currently the Executive Director at the Center for Sports Media at Seton Hall University and a columnist for Deadspin. When Jane graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she was able to work in the last few years of New York’s newspaper scene before journalism moved online. Jane started her career at The Journal News and later for ESPN and now Deadspin. She has covered the NFL and been an analyst for SportsCenter, The Sports Reporters, and Outside the Lines in addition to having a radio show and podcast. Throughout it all Jane has loved teaching. In the shifting landscape of sports media, Jane has been able to adapt to a changing world by drawing on her multiple identities and experiences and being deliberate when choosing her path. 

We talk about:

How, when growing up, Jane didn’t even know that women could be sports writers because she’d never seen a woman in sports journalism.Jane’s advice to raise your hand and say yes to keep your career moving forward.How she keeps seeking out challenges in her work to stay engaged.

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