The Athletic’s Rhiannon Walker, ESPN’s Mike Reiss and Josh Tolentino of The Athletic

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Episode 105 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features three guests. First up is Rhiannon Walker, who covers the Washington football team for The Athletic. She is followed by Mike Reiss, an NFL Nation reporter for ESPN who reports on the Patriots for all ESPN platforms. He is followed by Josh Tolentino, who covers the Tampa Bay Rays for The Athletic. In this podcast, Walker discusses the challenges of covering the NFL during a pandemic and the unknown heading forward; how she has personally processed the last month in America; the racism and sexism she has experienced on social media platforms and in the business; how she feels about the future of the sports media business as someone in her 20s; what she he hopes to be doing 5-10 years; the Washington Post calling for the end of the name ‘Redskins’ and how much of a story that will be heading forward, and more. Reiss discusses what the addition of Cam Newton means for the Patriots media beat; how the absence of Tom Brady changes the tenor of the Patriots locker room; covering the Patriots amid a pandemic; the prospect of player activism in New England and more. Tolentino discusses covering the Rays and the challenge of covering MLB amid COVID-19; living and working in Florida; his post on June 25 about a racist couple yelling out “Kung Flu” and telling him to “go back to China;” facing anti-Asian xenophobia during his life; why he believes in the future of beat writing 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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0:28.7	everybody this is richard dutch and welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:40.8	My producers are Patrick Antonetti and Sean Cherry.
0:44.2	Three guests this week.
0:46.2	Three really interesting people.
0:48.3	First up, Riannon Walker, she covers the Washington football team for the athletic,
0:53.2	was previously a staffer at the ESPN's
0:55.4	The Undefeated. She's followed by Mike Reese, an NFL reporter for ESPN who covers in reports on all
1:03.8	things Patriots. He is followed by Josh Tolentino, who covers the Tampa Bay Rays for the
1:09.3	athletic and previously covered the Packers.
1:14.2	There's a lot to cover in this, so I hope you listen.
1:19.3	Riannon Walker talks about obviously what the last month has been like for her,
1:24.9	sort of processing everything that's been going on in America,
1:29.2	covering the Washington team for us and how challenging that's been in a pandemic. And then just
1:36.4	dealing with some really awful things on social media, some pretty incredibly racist stuff. And I think that's an important story for
1:48.9	you guys to hear. And then Rianne, who's a very, very talented writer, sort of about how she
1:53.9	sees the business heading forward. She's 27. Mike Reese talks about Cam Newton arriving with the Patriots.
2:02.4	That's a major, major story on what's already an interesting beat.
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