The Athletic expands its woman sports coverage

The Athletics coverage of women’s sports is expanding.

In January, Emily Olsen moved into the role of head of global women’s soccer. It’s a position created to ensure The Athletic continues to bring readers in-depth coverage of women’s soccer in the United States, Europe and around the world.

In addition, Meg Linehan moved into a new role within the company, contributing insight into all things women’s sports. Listeners will continue to hear from her on the “Full Time” podcast and see her contributions to the newsletter each week, as well as weighing in on the biggest moments.

The news organization, owned by the New York Times, has also hired two new staffers:

Tamerra Griffin, who is no stranger to The Athletic, providing her words and voice to various women’s soccer stories since joining us on a freelance basis for the 2023 World Cup.

Asli Pelit Basker, who has reported on soccer since 2013 for TRT Sport, USA Today Sports, VICE and Sportico, is also joining the team.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.