Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
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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.
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Focuses on the nuances of starting a career in sports media, with episodes covering guest experiences from their first jobs to how they navigated industry challenges, including topics like internship struggles, breakthrough moments, and evolving job roles.
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.
In episode 71, Kevin chats with Mike Hall, studio host at Big Ten Network. Hall has been at BTN since it launched in August 2007. Hall is the first guest on this show whose experience of ”breaking in” was broadcast to a nationally-televised audience, as he won ESPN's reality show ”Dream Job” which earned him a job as an anchor on SportsCenter and ESPNNews. He was then the first lead anchor for ESPNU. You'll hear about the ”Dream Job” experience, like the pep talk Hall got from Stuart Scott, and what those early days were like at ESPN, and then what led Hall back home to join BTN. Hear how Mike Hall broke in.
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