On The Line with Will Leitch
from The Creators Call Hosted by Anthony Palmer and Pete Barrett
Senior Writer, Sports on Earth. Contributing Editor, New York Magazine. Founder, Deadspin. Author. This week on The Creators Call, Anthony Palmer and Pete Barrett dial up Will Leitch. Will broke out onto the scene as the founding editor of Deadspin in 2005. He grew the site to become the nation's most read independent sports blog , and then moved on to New York Magazine. Will currently is a Senior Writer at Sports On Earth (a joint venture between USA Today and MLB Advanced Media, which features the best sportswriting on earth) and hosts a daily podcast for the site, The Will Leitch Experience. Despite not being full-time anymore, Will writes for New York Magazine, and Deadspin. Will has also contributed to The New York Times, Esquire, The Atlantic, GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, Parade, Glamour and The Nation profiling sports superstars such as Jeremy Lin, Derrick Rose, and Michael Vick. He joins us this week on The Creators Call to discuss his career, the art of the profile, and the nuances of interviewing and telling a story. You can follow Will on Tumblr; on Twitter @williamfleitch; and you can read his latest columns for Sports on Earth and New York Magazine. He is also the author of four books, which you can find Amazon. We hope you enjoy the podcast. Join us on Twitter and on our blog to keep the conversation going: @AnthonyPalms @PeteBarrettJr Subscribe in iTunes: bit.ly/11jWZP9
Embed this episode
No transcript yet.