The Sports Business Journal has hired Matt Fortuna as a reporter covering college sports.
He will be based in Chicago.
A Penn State graduate, Fortuna spent five-plus years at ESPN.com, primarily covering Notre Dame football along with stints on the Big East and ACC football beats. He appeared regularly on ESPN TV and radio, including “Outside the Lines,” “SportsCenter” and “College Football Live.”
He was one of the original six reporters hired in the college football vertical at The Athletic in 2017, and spent seven years with the company.
Most recently, Fortuna founded “The Inside Zone,” a premium subscription site on Substack with coverage of Notre Dame football, the Big Ten and national topics. He also served as 2019 FWAA president at the age of 30, becoming the youngest president in the organization’s 84-year history.
