Episode 194: Life and Work of an NFL Beat Writer with ESPN's Jordan Raanan
Jordan Raanan is one of the NFL's top beat writers, covering the Giants for ESPN. He sits down with Adam Levitan to discuss how he got his job, how the information flow in the NFL works, what goes on behind the scenes in beat reporting, fantasy football impact and tons more.
Show Notes
In this episode, we discuss:
- Adam and Jordan's start in media together
- How beat writers get their information
- Injury information
- Health of Saquon Barkley
- Jordan's dustup with Ereck Flowers
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