Women in Sports Media

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CHAPTER 1 PIONEERS AND TRAILBLAZERS The clock is winding down The newspaper editor wants the reporter to get reactions from players and coaches after the game The other reporters stream into the locker room when the game ends But one of them is stopped at the door This reporter can't go inside because she's a woman Sounds crazy doesn't it Today's sports media is filled with women in key roles at all levels from editing and writing to reporting and producing television broadcasts But that wasn't always the case It wasn't so long ago that women were outsiders in the media world clearing hurdles and fighting battles their male counterparts never dreamed of facing Female sports journalists have been around for more than a century even if there were not very many of them at first Judith Cary Waller 4 It's no longer unusual for a woman to be a sports reporter But that wasn't always the case