Olivia Stomski, Director at Newhouse Sports Media Center - Syracuse University (@syracuseu) joined us Monday December 7th! Olivia is a graduate of Syracuse University in Broadcast Journalism. Her skills range from broadcast television, Video production, and directing. She worked for Fox Sports Net for 10 years, Field producing, writing and editing magazine shows. Her more recent job is Director at Newhouse Sports Media Center! She is an inspiration to women in the industry and we enjoyed hearing about how she structures her courses to reflect innovations and evolutions in sports media production and the depths she goes to advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion in sports. PLUS she provided helpful tips for students as they search for internships during the pandemic!

This episode was hosted by RTA Professor Joe Recupero, CBC Executive Producer Karen Sebesta, and Dan "The Coach" Berlin. See our topic list below:

Spotlight Speaker Intro

1. Start of your Journey
2. Sports Media Gender and Diversity
3. Post-Pandemic Media Education
4. Post-Pandemic Media Production
5. Rapid Fire Q'z - "GO!"