Forbes senior editor Jabari Young spoke with Tyler Welch of The Daily Campus about his work.
Here is an excerpt:
Tyler Welch: When it comes to covering sports business, where do you say you find your best stories? Would you say it’s more about following the money, or is it more about the people and the connections you find?
Jabari Young: Neither. I follow my own curiosity. As a journalist, I feel like the minute you lose your curiosity, your effectiveness probably goes down. I followed my own curiosity. Obviously, the numbers and people help make that valid. I’m like, ‘Damn, I was curious about it, I’m glad I was right.’ But I usually follow my own curiosity in hopes that, that will lead me into a great story. A lot of times it has, sometimes it hasn’t, but it’s your own curiosity that [you’re] gonna rely on… because the numbers might not tell the story. It might not be right. And then the people could be boring. Right? And so, I just follow my own curiosity and let the storytelling happen that way.
Read more here.
