Media Moves

Russini swaps ESPN for The Athletic

Dianna Russini

The Athletic has hired Dianna Russini as senior NFL Insider. In her new role, she will lead the Times’ NFL breaking news coverage and collaborate with NFL reporters provide in-depth football coverage.

Russini will also contribute to audio and video platforms.

She joins from ESPN, where she was a SportsCenter anchor. Prior to joining ESPN in September 2015, she was at NBC News, where she held the posts of sports anchor/reporter and general assignment reporter.

She was a reporter and host at Comcast and served as a general assignment reporter and bureau chief at New York’s NBC outlet WNBC-TV Ch. 4.

Russini has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from George Mason University.

Be sure to congratulate Russini on X/Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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