Robert Klemko and Jimmy Traina

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Episode 77 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two guests: First up is Robert Klemko, who is an investigative reporter in the Sports department of The Washington Post. Klemko worked at Sports Illustrated for six years prior to the Post. He is followed by Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina, who writes “Traina Thoughts” for SI.com and is the host of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast. He has worked at SI for 19 years. In this podcast, Klemko discusses how he landed at The Washington Post and what is new job will entail; where he thinks Sports Illustrated is now and where will it be one year from now; the most important skills needed to cover the NFL in 2019; his reporting on Antonio Brown and Kellen Winslow Jr.; what teams he has found to be good with media access; how and why Lamar Jackson fell in the NFL Draft; what he has learned about investigative journalism when it comes to sports, and much more. Traina discusses all of the wrestling shows on television and how AEW has gotten off to a remarkable viewership start; Fox’s noon strategy for college football and how it’s working; Sean McDonough’s work; whether Monday Night Football is just another game; the challenges of doing a sports media podcast and booking guests; ESPN-ers talking politics in 2020, 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	Ladies and gentlemen.
0:05.3	Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer, as always, is Patrick Anthony. Two guests this week. First up, Robert Klemko, now an investigative reporter in the Sports Department of the Washington Post.
0:16.4	He worked with me at Sports Illustrated for many years. He was there for six years prior to the
0:20.8	post and now has an incredibly interesting job as an investigative reporter for the
0:26.8	Washington Post and their sports department. We talk about what that job's going to entail.
0:30.9	The most important skills needed to cover the NFL in 2019. His work on Antonio Brown
0:36.6	and Kellynne Winslow Jr.
0:37.9	I think you'll enjoy that conversation with Robert Klemko.
0:41.5	After that, it is Jimmy Trana, the host of the Sports Illustrated Media podcast.
0:48.0	I've heard of that one before.
0:49.3	Jimmy also writes Trina Thoughts for S.I.com.
0:53.0	And hell has frozen over because Jimmy and I are now back on a podcast. We talk about A.W. versus Nxte versus Raw and Smackdown and all the wrestling program going on now. Fox's college football move to try to get more traction in the marketplace at noon. We talk about Sean McDonough a little bit, how Jimmy's finding his podcast, and then we end
1:15.1	with what's coming up in 2020, and can ESPNers avoid politics?
1:21.4	So I think it's always great to catch up with Jimmy, and hopefully you'll enjoy that.
1:26.9	We used to be on podcast together many, many times when we obviously work together at Sports Illustrated.
1:31.3	So Robert Klemko and Jimmy Trana coming up on the sports media podcast.
1:40.8	All right, as I said at the top, Robert Klemko is an investigative reporter in the Sports
1:46.2	Department of the Washington Post. He starts that new job later this month. He worked at Sports
1:53.6	Illustrated, including with me, for six years prior to the Washington Post. Also has USA Today
1:59.5	on his resume. And I am pleased to be joined by Robert Klemko.
2:04.3	Robert, welcome to the sports media podcast.
2:06.3	Thank you for having me.
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