Jake Rousseau, a sports reporter, is the seventh guest on Behind the Byline, a podcast telling the stories of the staff of the Burlington Free Press hosted by summer intern Blaise Siefer.

Rousseau joined the Free Press in 2021 after receiving a master's in journalism from the University of Maryland. On this episode, Rousseau recounts how he got his start in journalism, what attracted him to the Vermont sports scene, and his experience covering Olympic athletes for the Free Press.