Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Kevin Fishbain, senior writer at The Athletic, interviews sports media personalities about their origin stories. Each week, reporters, columnists, play-by-play announcers, sports radio hosts, television anchors, producers and more will tell Kevin about their first jobs in the industry, and how they broke in.
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Mirin Fader, senior staff writer at the Ringer and NYT best-selling author of “Giannis” and “Dream”
In episode 8, Kevin chats with Mirin Fader, senior staff writer at the Ringer and the New York Times best-selling author of “Giannis” and “Dream,” her latest book on the life and legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon. Fader has become one of the country’s preeminent sports profile writers, and she got her start writing several stories a week for the Orange County Register. Mirin discusses the work ethic that went into that job, the difficult conversations with editors, and how she persevered in a tough industry to keep going after her goal of writing meaningful sports stories. Hear how Mirin broke in.