A reckoning for Hockey Canada: A conversation with The Athletic’s Katie Strang, Ian Mendes and Dan Robson

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Episode 225 features The Athletic writers Katie Strang, Dan Robson, and Ian Mendes. The three co-authored a recent piece on allegations of sexual assault and a reckoning for Hockey Canada. In this podcast, Strang, Robson, and Mendes discuss how the reporting came together for the piece and the steps reporters take to report on this subject; what we know and don’t know about the two alleged sexual-assault incidents involving Hockey Canada; whether adults enabling a rampant culture; the media's role; what happens when you contact lawyers representing players; the impact and importance of sponsors speaking up; police in Halifax opening an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of Hockey Canada's 2003 national junior team; the hearings before the Parliament of Canada; what will happen to Hockey Canada heading forward, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, this is Richard Dichael. Welcome to the Sports Media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:12.4	We have three guests this week. They are, they're all exceptional at what they do.
0:17.3	They are my colleagues at The Athletic and the co-authors of a recent piece on allegations
0:23.6	of sexual assault and a reckoning for Hockey Canada.
0:28.8	The guests are Katie Strang, Dan Robson, and Ian Mendez, if you read hockey, you
0:35.9	probably are aware of all three of them.
0:38.9	And we discussed their reporting on the alleged incidents that happen in London, Ontario in June of 2018,
0:48.5	how one goes about reporting that kind of story, the state of hockey culture and what could or might happen
0:59.3	with Hockey Canada as more information continues to come out.
1:05.1	And then just a lot about the process.
1:06.7	How do these stories come about?
1:08.8	How do they ultimately get published?
1:11.3	Katie Strang may be the current best investigative reporter at this now.
1:16.2	And so if you're interested in sort of the behind the scenes of like how something like this comes together for an outlet,
1:22.1	no better person to talk to than Katie Strang.
1:26.1	I appreciate everybody's support of this podcast, try to have
1:30.2	some unique and diverse guests on here. So if you like it, please leave us a five-star review
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1:41.5	That's how the podcast continues to stay.
1:49.0	So Katie Strang, Dan Robes, and Ian Mendez of The Athletic coming up on the sports media podcast.
1:53.1	All right, as I said at the top, Katie Strang, Dan Robinson, Ian Mendez.
1:58.7	They're all accomplished writers at the Athletic. I think their titles are senior writers. Maybe Katie's title is investigative reporter. But I mean, these are three of the best colleagues that I have. They're the co-authors of a recent piece on the athletic on allegations of sexual assault and a reckoning for hockey Canada.
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