Posts Tagged ‘ESPN’
NLGJA Fosters Community for ESPN Content Associate
CONTRIBUTED BY Kaitlyn Murphy When Mac joined the ESPN Next Program as a Content Associate, they had a different name. They knew who they truly were, but also understood the challenges of being transgender in the sports industry at a time when the community’s involvement in sports was still being debated. “I feared being out…
Read MoreMeet Three Disney Media Leaders Attending NABJ26
CONTRIBUTED BY Brennah Chirumbole ABC News and ESPN are once again attending the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention & Career Fair to connect with journalism professionals and share what it’s like to work at Disney. Ahead of the conference, we connected with three leaders who will be attending to talk about their experience…
Read MoreCareer growth from the control room: How NAHJ supports Mireya’s ESPN journey
CONTRIBUTED BY Brennah Chirumbole With a global competition taking the world by storm, 2026 has been an exciting year for soccer. But for Mireya, soccer is top of mind all the time. As Associate Producer I at ESPN, she supports the global soccer team and helps coordinate everything that happens in the control room and…
Read MoreAAJA Students Score ESPN NEXT Production Summer Internship
CONTRIBUTED BY Kaitlyn Murphy Whether it’s cheering courtside at a women’s basketball game or shooting football film from the Kenan Memorial Stadium sideline, Trisha and Navin share a lifelong passion for sports. Trisha, a recent graduate from the University of Texas at Austin and Navin, a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at…
Read MoreHow Sports Fans are Streaming ESPN Content Like Never Before | The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific
CONTRIBUTED BY Jaylen Holmes It’s always fun to make history! And that’s exactly what happened in Q1 2025, when the ESPN tile launched for all Disney+ subscribers in Australia and New Zealand, the first English-speaking markets outside of North America to bring the tile to the platform. This new addition is bringing more than 14,000…
Read MoreFrom conference connections to ESPN: Jasmin Matthews’s path to sports storytelling
CONTRIBUTED BY Kelly Ann Vasquez For Jasmin Matthews, ESPN has been a constant presence since childhood, from watching games to tuning into her favorite shows after school. Her passion for sports and storytelling grew alongside those experiences and shaped her career ambitions early on. Fresh out of college, Jasmin was eager to turn that passion…
Read MoreA champion of future storytellers: Alicia Szeto, ESPN NEXT production assistant, on the impact of attending AAJA
🎶 Siri, play the SportsCenter theme song. 🎶 While some would say the soundtrack to their life consists of songs from their childhood or young adulthood, for Alicia Szeto, production assistant in the ESPN NEXT program, ESPN was the ever-present background music to her life. From a young age, she was always watching and absorbing,…
Read MoreWhen last year’s NAHJ connection leads to this year’s dream job
Larissa Lucas was the kid who put off bedtime to stay up and watch SportsCenter. As both a player and fan of sports, she grew up dreaming of a career focused on her passion, and when she met an ESPN recruiter at last year’s NAHJ conference, that dream came true. We asked Larissa about her…
Read MoreMeet the Air Force Veteran that built a 25 year career at ESPN
“Take every opportunity and take the chance!” is exactly the advice Anita has followed throughout her entire life. Meet Anita, the Director of International Syndication at ESPN. She has built a 25-year long career in Bristol, Connecticut, and credits much of her drive and skills from her time in the United States Air Force. She…
Read MoreMaking headlines on SportsCenter with Sammy, ESPN production assistant
When Sammy decided to pivot from medical school to pursue a master’s degree in journalism and build a career in sports media, going to AAJA was on his to-do list. Sammy connected with ESPN recruiters at the conference last year and eventually landed a role in the competitive ESPN NEXT program! You can follow in…
Read MoreThree Things: Inside Our New NHL Creative with Hockey Hall of Famer Mark Messier
Lucas Ferraro, senior director, Sports Marketing, shares a behind-the-scenes look at the making of “That is Hockey,” the creative marketing campaign for ESPN’s second season back with the National Hockey League, and what it was like working with hockey legend Mark Messier.
Read MoreHeroes Work Here: Spotlight on ESPN’s Rosetta Ellis-Pilie, US Army Veteran
Recently, we sat down with ESPN’s Vice President of Talent Development & Negotiations and US Army veteran Rosetta Ellis-Pilie as she shared her experience transitioning into her current role at ESPN, what it was like helping launch Disney’s Heroes Work Here program, and skills she’s brought along the way.
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