6 March 2025
From watching Grandstand at her Granny’s house to being inspired to pursue a career in production while watching a panto aged 14 years old, Rachel Wright, head of production at BBC Sport for major events, cricket, general sport and digital live, has come a long way. This International Women’s Day we spoke to Wright about […]
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15 March 2021
There aren’t many professions in the world where you have to be an athlete to even begin your daily tasks, but Aurelie Gonin, director at her own company, Alpine Medias House, is one of those people. Gonin is a winter sports specialist. She directs, produces, films and edits, with a significant majority of her work […]
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15 March 2021
Hugely driven, ambitious and successful are terms well-suited to SVT’s head of sports, Åsa Edlund Jönsson. She has worked at the Swedish public broadcaster for over 20 years in a huge variety of roles, from reporter, anchor and commentator – being the first woman in the world to be a commentator on men’s ice hockey […]
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15 March 2021
DAZN’s Caroline Ewerton, vice president of production services (acting), quotes author Elizabeth Gilbert to describe her approach to seizing and making career opportunities in sports broadcasting: “perfection is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat.” “I absolutely love and always quote that because it’s so true,” she says. “Perfection is the enemy of […]
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15 March 2021
“Live tennis is fascinating as there are always new stories to tell. The unpredictability, the upsets, the newcomers,” says Aurelia Mounier, editor-in-chief at Eurosport. Mounier’s career has been built around the tensions of the tennis court, which she thrives on. Storytelling from courtside involves a passion for the game, an understanding of the personalities involved, […]
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15 March 2021
Leila Salarkia, head of graphics for European Tour Productions at IMG, has had something of a whirlwind ride through further education, from biochemistry to animation, to get her current position. She has spent a good deal of time in educational institutions as she gradually moved closer to the field she wanted to pursue a career […]
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15 March 2021
Today, most people feel that a degree is an absolute necessity when seeking a job in sports broadcasting. It has not always been this way, however, and the rise of BBC Sport’s head of production, Debbie Dubois, is a perfect example of making your way to the top on talent and initiative, determination and resilience. […]
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15 March 2021
When her brother, the former Dutch international footballer Arnold Bruggink, was interviewed at home by the press when she was in her early 20s, Martiene Bruggink got her first taste of journalism in action and saw her career path spreading out before her. Bruggink, who is now a freelancer in editorial and production working for […]
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15 March 2021
Inspired by her love of cricket, Sky Sports’ head of production for football and boxing, Jennie Blackmore, has gone from climbing gantries with doughnuts for camera crew strapped to her arms, to the top of her game. Her passion for cricket inadvertently led her to a career in sports broadcasting: “While at university, I had […]
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15 March 2021
In the sunshine state of Florida, “football is a way of life” says Jena Mihalovic, Sky Sports’ operational delivery lead. Mihalovic started out as a camera operator in the States, and she says of working in American football-obsessed Florida that, “we covered high school football like it was Premier League”. “On a typical Friday night, […]
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15 March 2021
“I can feel my blood fizzing with excitement again just thinking about it,” says Vicky Cotton, BBC Sport’s executive producer for live streaming, reminiscing on the 2012 London Olympics. “I’d set myself a little goal in 2007 when we were awarded that games that I would be one of the BBC1 programme editors, and I […]
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