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LJ Jackson

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ichiro yamada

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I was here

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Attended 9/21

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Brooke Stewart

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was here :)

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Chase Dunagan

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i was here

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DJ Moore

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questions:

Chastity Pratt:

1. After teach a summer course last year, do you think you would ever fully transition to teaching?

2. What are some of the challenges, but also some of the rewarding aspects of being in charge of a team?

3. What is your favorite beat that you have covered in your career?

Rhiannon Walker:

1. What are some of the challenges of being a woman in the sports journalism world?

2. How do you maintain a good work life balance?

3. Do you ever get starstruck when interviewing certain players/coaches? How do you combat that.

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Chasity:

Do you have any advice for when it comes to needing to interview k-12 students?

Rhiannon:

How has your experience been being a female journalist working in a sports beat?

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What is the biggest advice would you give to a student who is pursuing a career in journalism?

How was it transitioning from sports to the education side of journalism?

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Questions for Rhiannon Walker and Chastity Pratt

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Questions for Rhiannon Walker and Chastity Pratt

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Questions for Rhiannon Walker

As a football reporter, how do you feel about the semi-recent controversy about concussions and cte?

What is your advice for being heard at a news conference?

How is your relationship with the staff of the Washington football team?

Questions for Chastity Pratt?

As an education reporter, how do you feel about the state of your local public school system?

How do you combat your own personal partisan and ideological biases while reporting?

How did you get your start as a reporter?

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Questions for Rhiannon Walker And Chastity Pratt

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Questions for Rhiannon Walker And Chastity Pratt

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Rhiannon Walker:

questions

1. From writing for the Athletic, what piece was the most thrilling to write?

2. As a female writer in sports do you feel that comes with any challenges?

3. As a sports writer you must consume a lot of necessary content and news for your job, beside football, what other sports do you enjoy to follow?

Chastity Pratt:

questions:

1. When working with news that is about younger kids' education knowing that an attentive audience may be parents, there may be some difficult pieces to cover that come up. What advice do you recommend for future reporters when approaching a more sensitive piece?

2. I see that you were a writer and editor for many university newspapers when you were in college just like many of us are now, what is your advice for transitioning from working at a college paper to a large more national paper

3. Is there a pivoting moment during a piece you have written where you know your audience may strongly disagree with you, how do you deal with public opinion?

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1. What is the biggest benefit to traditionally print newspapers moving to digital or online, and what is the biggest drawback?
2. What are some of your daily duties as education bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal?
3. As someone applying to journalism related interests, what is something that makes a person stand out when applying for those types of positions?

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1. What inspired you to become a special programs instructor for a summer course at Harvard and how did that experience impact your journalistic career?

2. What was one of the most emotionally challenging stories you have covered, and why?

3. How does it feel as a mother, having gone to Harvard, to see your children follow in your footsteps?

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1. It is evident that you have a focus on the subject of education in your writing. Do you think it is okay for the public to know where you stand personally in your opinions? How do you keep your bias in check when you are passionate about something?

2. What would you say is the most important thing student journalists should learn before going into the field?

3. What has been the most challenging time for you/most challenging thing to learn in terms of your career?

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1. How do you go about looking for stories/profiles/features in the sports world?
2. Who has been your favorite interview in your career and why?
3. As a student pursuing sports journalism, what is one tip or piece of advice you would give me?

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1. If you could give your college-self one piece of advice, what would it be?

2. What is the most challenging aspect of working in sports journalism?

3. Would you say that sports journalism differs a lot from other beats in its style and obtainment of material? If so, how?

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1) Do you think that the role of social media in journalism has more pros or cons?
2) I saw on your Twitter account that you’ve been keeping up with the college admissions scandal. What do you think about the situation?
3) As an editor for Wall Street Journal, what’s the one thing that you would want every journalist to know about the field?

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1. How did your 2011 high school internship at the Today Show impact your view on pursuing a career in sports journalism?
2. Being a woman covering sports, did you experience any discrimination, or setbacks by men in the industry who doubted your ability or passion?
3. After seeing some of your pinned tweets on speaking up about sexual assault, what advice would you give future female journalists that might be navigating situations like yours in the media industry?

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1. What tips do you have for a new journalist trying to become established in their beat?

2. What is usually your biggest struggle when trying to set up interviews?

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(1) What would you say is the biggest story you ever wrote?

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1. From a news standpoint, what was the environment like around the Washington Football Team when they were going through that period of readjustment with the name change.
2. What was it like going from covering multiple topics when working with the Undefeated to only working with and around the Football Team with the Athletic?
3. What advice would you give to young journalists who want to pursue an interest in the sports journalism and sports media field?

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1. What got you interested in sports journalism?
2. What is your favorite part of your job?
3. What would you say to other women pursuing a career in sports journalism?

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1. How has your work covering the Washington Football Team changed throughout the last yr and throughout the events that caused the Washington Football Team to change their name from their formerly known title as the Washington Redskins? Is the culture around the institution different, or do the changes really only go name-deep?
2. How have you enjoyed covering JUST football (but im sure way more in depth) versus working for ESPN where you covered a variety of sports at more surface level?
3. What is the biggest takeaway / piece of advice you would give for those entering this industry about the work you do and in what you've learned while both working at your various stations in the field and also throughout your time at the University of Maryland?

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1. What would you say that the difference is between working in a local newsroom and a major publication like the New York Times?
2. Is the path to working at these major publications steeper now with the rise of social media?
3. How has your workday changed going from broadcast journalism (DPTV) then back to the newsroom (New York Times)?

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1)What does your day consist of as an education bureau chief at the Wall Street Journal?

2)Due to the Journalism industry constantly evolving, especially with the rise of social media playing a role in how the news is reported, what skills should upcoming Journalists have? How can upcoming or aspiring Journalists use social media to their advantage to provide accurate and relevant information to their audiences?

3)How important is it for a Journalist to have a strong and engaging presence on social media?

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1)Throughout your career, you have covered a wide variety of topics regarding the sports industry, including your coverage of the Washington Football team. What do you consider as the biggest or groundbreaker story that you have covered?

2) Due to race or gender-related issues that have become more apparent in the journalism industry, what advice would you give to upcoming or aspiring journalists about how to handle these issues if they were to occur?

3) What do you consider as the highlight of your career?

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1. As a reporter for Newsday during the 9/11 attacks, how did that event shape your understanding of what Journalism was and how did it impact your career?
2. Youre the Wall Street Journal's first education bureau chief. How does this shape the way you understand your work's impact and importance, and what would you like to help inspire within this position in the future?
3. In an education position, you cover a lot of stories involving schools and little kids through college-aged kids. With schools of all kinds so much in the news lately over gun violence, covid/ mask policy, underfunding, cheating scandals, etc...  do you think schools are generally best uniting over big issues they all have in common, or each devising their own policy that they think works best for them specifically?