The Athletic expands coverage of Barcelona and Real Madrid
The following excerpt was sent out from The New York Times: The Athletic will be delivering extended, in-depth coverage and analysis of two of the biggest soccer teams in the world, across live match blogs and a range of formats from insightful long reads and breaking news, to video and podcasts, with a new team of […]
Ginsberg joins NYT as The Athletic’s first executive editor
The following excerpt was sent out from The Athletic’s publisher David Perpich: I’m very excited to announce that Steven Ginsberg will be our first executive editor. Steven joins us from The Washington Post, where he’s spent the past 28 years. In his time there, he has worked his way up from copy aide to serving as […]
Pickman departs Sports Illustrated for The Athletic
Ben Pickman has joined The Athletic as a national staff writer to cover the WNBA and women’s college basketball. Recently, Pickman worked as a video producer and recently as a writer/editor at Sports Illustrated. He interned at CNN and was a fellow at the Center for Journalism Ethics. Pickman has a B.A. from the University […]
Report: Ginsberg to take on top editorial role at The Athletic
Steven Ginsberg, managing editor at The Washington Post, is leaving to join The Athletic in a top editorial role, according to Semafor’s Max Tani. Ginsberg is a veteran Washington Post journalist, having been with the outlet for more than 27 years. He lost out last year to Sally Buzbee in his bid to become the […]
Sharma joins The Athletic as an associate editor
Ambika Sharma has joined The Athletic as an associate editor, NHL. Recently, Sharma was a content editor for Backdesk at The Globe and Mail. She was a radio digital production assistant at CBC/Radio-Canada and worked freelance for The Hockey News, where she also interned. She was a fact checker for the Ryerson Review of Journalism […]
Jones departs USA Today for The Athletic
Mike Jones, national NFL reporter and columnist at USA Today has left after five years to join The Athletic as a national NFL writer. Jones tweets: “I’m extremely grateful for all of the experiences and growth opportunities and relationships built with some really special people there the last five years.” Previously, Jones worked as a […]
Bardahl joins The Athletic as a staff writer
The Athletic has hired Jayna Bardahl as a staff writer for The Athletic CFB, which provides news on college football. Recently, Bardahl was a sports reporting intern at The Boston Globe. She interned at Enquirer Media and has held various roles at Michigan State University’s student paper The State News, including enterprise reporter, sports editor […]
Ringer hires Jones as senior editor
Lindsay Jones has joined The Ringer as a senior editor to help lead the NFL coverage. Recently, she was NFL reporter and features writer at The Athletic. She previously served as an NFL reporter at USA Today and a beat writer who covered the Denver Broncos and the NFL for The Denver Post, as well […]
Jones, reporter at The Athletic, departs
Lindsay Jones, NFL reporter and features writer at The Athletic, has left. Her Twitter announcement reads: “Today is my last day at The Athletic. I’m excited about a new professional adventure I’ll tell you about soon. But for now, I just want to say: Thank you.” Previously, she was an NFL reporter at USA Today […]
Niesen swaps the Athletic for the Washington Post
The following was sent out from The Washington Post’s sports editor Matt Vita and sports deputy editor Matt Rennie: We are very excited to announce that Joan Niesen will be joining The Post as an assignment editor in Sports overseeing coverage of the Washington Commanders and the NFL. Joan comes to us from the Athletic, […]
