List of women sportswriters
The following is a partial list of women sportswriters.
European
[edit]British
[edit]- Elizabeth Ammon, cricket writer for The Guardian,[1] The Daily Mirror,[2] The Independent,[3] and The Times[4]
- Margaret Hughes (1919–2005); first woman to cover The Ashes series of 1954–55 for the Sydney Daily Telegraph.[5]
- Martha Kelner (born 1990), sportswriter for the Daily Mail and The Guardian.[6][7]
- Anna Kessel (born 1979), sportswriter and journalist for The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph,[8] and The Observer newspapers.[9]
- Vikki Orvice (1962–2019), football reporter for The Sun and subsequently the newspaper's athletics correspondent.[10][11]
- Diana Rait Kerr (1918–2012), cricket writer and cricket historian[12]
- Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), Women's Cricket magazine editor, sportwriter for Wisden, columnist for The Cricketer[13][14]
- Alyson Rudd (born 1963), football reporter for The Times[15]
- Julie Welch (born 1948), first female sportswriter on Fleet Street, covering football[16]
- Suzanne Wrack, football writer for The Guardian and BBC Sports, covering women's football[17]
North American
[edit]American
[edit]- Kendra Andrews (born 1997), sportswriter for ESPN.com; previously for NBC Sports Bay Area and The Athletic[18]
- Malika Andrews (born 1995), sports journalist for ESPN.com; previously for Chicago Tribune, The New York Times,[18][19]
- Nancy Armour, sportswriter for USA Today, previously for Associated Press; covered the Olympic Games.[20][21]
- Judy Battista (born 1969), sportswriter covering American football for the Miami Herald, Newsday, The New York Times[22]
- Amalie Benjamin, sportswriter covering the National Hockey League; previously covered the Boston Red Sox for The Boston Globe[23]
- Christine Brennan (born 1958), columnist for USA Today; previously covered American football and the Olympics for the Miami Herald and The Washington Post[24][25]
- Liz Clarke, writer for The Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, The Charlotte Observer, and USA Today; covered NASCAR, tennis, college sports, the Washington Redskins/Commanders, and nine Olympic Games.[26]
- Alex Coffey (born 1993), beat reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the Philadelphia Phillies. Previously covered the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Storm for The Athletic.[27]
- Adeline Daley (1921–1984), sports columnist for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin and San Francisco Chronicle, covering baseball.[28]
- Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), novelist who covered boxing for the Willamette Week, The Oregonian, and The New York Times[29]
- Helene Elliott, sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times from 1989 to 2004, covering ice hockey; recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award.[30]
- Kate Fagan (born 1981), sportswriter for ESPN; previously worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
- Cynthia Frelund
- Jennifer Frey
- Mary Garber
- Carrie Gerlach Cecil
- Jean Giambrone
- Toni Ginnetti[31]
- Jane Gross[32]
- Maggie Hathaway
- Robin Herman[33]
- Jemele Hill
- Margaret Holt[31]
- Sally Jenkins
- Christina Kahrl
- Michelle Kaufman
- Linda Kay[31]
- Ann Killion
- Mina Kimes
- Gwen Knapp
- Sarah Langs
- Jane Leavy[34]
- Marjorie Herrera Lewis
- Melissa Ludtke[35]
- Alison Lukan
- Jackie MacMullan[36]
- Myra MacPherson
- Juliet Macur
- Idah McGlone Gibson[37]
- Sadie Kneller Miller
- Marie Millikan
- Rachel Nichols
- Lisa Olson
- Maureen Orcutt
- Molly Qerim
- Marly Rivera
- Alanna Rizzo
- Selena Roberts
- Sherry Ross[38]
- Holly Rowe
- Jen Royle
- Lisa Nehus Saxon
- Nell Scovell
- Mary Shane
- Ramona Shelburne
- Susan Slusser[39]
- Claire Smith[40]
- Shelley Smith
- Sage Steele
- Karintha Styles
- Lou Swarz
- Jenny Taft
- Lillian Vickers-Smith[41]
- Maribel Vinson
- Lesley Visser
- Charean Williams
- Joan Wulff
- Ina Eloise Young
- Ellen Zavian
Canadian
[edit]- Cheryl Bernard
- Christie Blatchford
- Alexandrine Gibb
- Alison Gordon
- Kirstie McLellan Day
- Lorna Schultz Nicholson
- Jill Officer
- Mary Ormsby
- Laura Robinson
Oceanian
[edit]Australian
[edit]- Kath Commins[42]
- Pat Jarrett[43]
- Samantha Lane
- Cate McGregor
- Ruth Preddey[43]
- Lois Quarrell
- Marg Ralston
- Gwen Varley[43]
New Zealand
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Elizabeth Ammon". the Guardian.
- ^ "Six deliveries from this week in County Cricket: Surrey's Lord's hoodoo continues". Daily Mirror. 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Elizabeth Ammon". Independent.co.uk.
- ^ Ammon, Elizabeth (17 June 2018). "How England are creating their own Mitchell Starc" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Steen, Rob (9 February 2005). "Margaret Hughes". Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Kelner is Guardian new chief sports reporter". Sports Journalists Association. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "The Guardian appoints Martha Kelner as chief sports reporter". Newsworks. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ "Introducing Telegraph Women's Sport: A new era of unprecedented coverage". The Telegraph. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Women in Football - Women in Football co-founder Anna Kessel was awarded an MBE at Buckingham Palace". www.womeninfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (6 February 2019). "Vikki Orvice, journalist and trailblazer for women in sport, dies aged 56". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Tributes paid to trailblazing journalist Vikki Orvice". Athletics Weekly. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Diana Rait Kerr". The Times. 2013-01-01. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ "Player Profile: Netta Rheinberg". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Rheinberg, Netta (1911–2006), cricketer and cricket administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97312. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Alyson Rudd - News UK". news.co.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ Pollard, Lucy (2 May 1999). "The secret of my success: Julie Welch". The Independent on Sunday. London: Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ McMillan, Kate (21 August 2022). "Spotlighting incredible women journalists: Suzanne Wrack". Women in Journalism. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ a b Rucker, Jael (10 April 2023). "The Style Journey of Sports Journalist Sisters Malika and Kendra Andrews". Yahoo Entertainment.
- ^ Fleming, Kirsten (September 16, 2020). "ESPN's Maria Taylor and other stylish female reporters on the sidelines". New York Post. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
- ^ "USA TODAY Sports wins in Division A Explanatory in APSE Contest". Associated Press Sports Editors.
- ^ "Nancy Armour: J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication Award Recipient". Marquette University.
- ^ "Judy Battista". New York Historical Society. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
- ^ Joe Sullivan (2008-08-16). "New lineup for Globe's baseball team". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "USA Today columnist Christine Brennan speaks about the role of women in sports media". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "Still No Cheering in the Press Box: Christine Brennan". Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ "About Liz Clarke". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Alex Coffey". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ "Adeline Daley, news humorist (May 17, 1984)". Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ Roberts, Sam (14 May 2016). "Katherine Dunn, Author of 'Geek Love,' Dies at 70". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ D'Agostino, Dennis (November 7, 2005). "Hockey to Induct Elliott Into Hall". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ a b c Kane, Colleen (June 23, 2022). "Title IX at 50: Meet 20 influential women in Chicago sports media history". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (November 10, 2022). "Jane Gross, Sportswriter Who Opened Locker Room Doors, Dies at 75". The New York Times.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (February 3, 2022). "Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the N.H.L., Dies at 70". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ Helfand, Zach (October 15, 2018). "What It Took to Write About Baseball as a Woman". The New Yorker.
- ^ Barker, Barbra (September 29, 2018). "Melissa Ludtke's lawsuit opened door for female sports journalists 40 years ago, but there still is a long way to go". newsday.com. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "A month's worth of Jackie MacMullan". Globe.com. 2003. Archived from the original on June 8, 2003. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ Halper, Donna L. (2019). "'Our Lady Reporter': Introducing Some Women Baseball Writers, 1900–30". Society for American Baseball Research.
- ^ "Ultimate road trip". DailyNews.com. January 21, 2007. Archived from the original on January 26, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "A Month's Worth of Susan Slusser". SFGate.com. 2004. Archived from the original on August 20, 2004.
- ^ Calcaterra, Craig (December 6, 2014). "Claire Smith becomes the first woman to win the BBWAA's Spink Award". NBCSports.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
- ^ Powers, Ormund. "In Early Days, Vickers-Smith Blazed a New Trail for Women in Journalism". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Lawson, Valerie (February 15, 2003). "Most of the power, little of the glory". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b c "Women sportswriters were critical to the growth of cricket in the 1930s. How have we gone backwards?". The Conversation. February 4, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
Further reading
[edit]- Angell, Roger (April 9, 1979). "Sharing The Beat". The New Yorker.
- Leavy, Jane (April 12, 1997). "The Phallic Fallacy". Sports Illustrated.
- Ludtke, Melissa (October 11, 2017). "The fight for women sports reporters' access to locker rooms is history -- or is it?". ESPN.