013: Jenny Vrentas – How A Biochemistry Major Became One of The Best Football Writers In The Business

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Ryan Hawk

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🗓️ 11 May 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Episode 013: Jenny Vrentas – How A Biochemistry Major Became One of The Best Football Writers In The Business

Jenny Vrentas is one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met… I actually sent her a copy of Shane Snow’s book, Smartcuts because I think they have so much in common (both are super smart). She majored in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State and was personally picked by Peter King to write for The MMQB… The premier football website in the world.

Jenny received her Masters in Journalism from Columbia and was hired by The Star Ledger (2007 – 2013). She was then hired by Peter King and The MMQB (Sports Illustrated) in 2013.

Welcome to Episode 012 with award winning journalist for The MMQB, Jenny Vrentas

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Some Questions I Ask:

How does a Bio Chemistry major become a sports journalist?
What was it like to be recruited by Peter King for The MMQB and Sports Illustrated?
Who are your favorite people to cover? Teams? Coaches?
What is your definition of a learning leader?
What is your favorite story?

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Why she chose to be a sports writer after going to college to study Bio Chemistry and Molecular Biology
About her conversation with Rex Ryan over wings and beer
Jenny’s first time covering The Super Bowl
Why she wanted to blaze her own trail
The process and stories behind how she was recruited by Peter King
What her work meetings consist of… how ideas are pitched, etc…

“No matter what path you take, you always want to be an example for other people… You want to write about something that you will be a takeaway for someone in their life.” – Jenny Vrentas

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Go towww.TheMMQB.com
Follow Jenny on Twitter@JennyVrentas

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0:00.0	No matter what path you take or what career you're in, I think you always want to have an opportunity to, you know, if you can be an example for other people, whether it's the way they think or the way they approach
0:16.4	things.
0:17.4	I don't know.
0:18.4	I think about that a lot.
0:19.4	When you're writing stories, what is the impact of the story?
0:23.8	And I think a lot of times it's you're teaching a lesson
0:26.9	or you're writing about something
0:29.9	that can be a takeaway for someone in their own life, maybe a perspective that they can have or a way of
0:36.2	thinking.
0:37.2	Maybe they see the way someone responded to something on the football field and they
0:41.7	can respond to it in their own life.
0:44.4	Our leaders born or are they made.
0:46.8	Our host Ryan Hawk believes that leaders can be made
0:49.7	through determined focused work on learning the art and science behind the makeup of other successful leaders.
0:56.0	Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.
0:59.0	You're listening to the Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk.
1:19.3	Another really special episode for me with Jenny Rentes here in episode 13 but before we get to it I
1:25.5	wanted to thank some additional people that I missed from earlier in episode 7
1:30.4	when I was with Jordan Harbinger but But there's some people that have really helped me
1:35.0	and given me great feedback.
1:37.0	Some of that feedback and those ratings and reviews
1:39.0	you've written in iTunes
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