Covering the NFL and the NFL Draft with Michael-Shawn Dugar, Tashan Reed and Rhiannon Walker of The Athletic
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Audacy
4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Episode 200 of the Sports Media Podcast features three guests — Michael Shawn Dugar, who covers the Seahawks for The Athletic; Tashan Reed, who covers the Raiders for The Athletic; and Rhiannon Walker, who previously covered the Washington Football Team for The Athletic and now works as a feature writer. In this podcast, the guests discuss what it’s like to cover the NFL Draft from a beat reporter perspective; who they get their information from; whether executives are truthful when it comes to the NFL Draft; what readers want from their coverage; the beat is all-consuming and how they navigate that challenge; missing time with family; being a writer of color on the beat; thoughts on Elon Musk buying Twitter, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more.
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| 1:07.6 | Hey everybody, this is Richard Dutch and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. Three guests to speak as part of a roundtable. I really, really enjoyed doing this. He's the three of my colleagues at the athletic. Three really terrific writers and reporters all under 30. So major futures with these three as well as a major present as well. |
| 1:31.3 | Michael, Sean Dugar covers the Seahawks for the Athletic and hosts the Seahawks Man-A-Man podcast. |
| 1:38.5 | Rianne Walker was a beat writer for the athletic covering the Washington football team. |
| 1:43.7 | She's now currently a feature writer where she covers a multitude of different topics. |
| 1:49.7 | Tashon Reed covers the Las Vegas Raiders for the athletic. |
| 1:54.0 | He previously covered Florida State football for the athletic. |
| 1:57.9 | And we get into a lot of interesting issues in terms of what it's like to cover |
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