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Michele + Courage: "The magic of finding your champions." How Michele found her way as a college athlete in the 1970s, to one of the first female sports journalists who fought for equal access to athlete interviews for women in NFL locker rooms. Michele spent a long career as an award-winning sports journalist including covering the Tampa Bay Bucs, San Francisco 49rs, the Olympic Games, and is the co-founder of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM). After retiring in sports she made storytelling magic for families with bloggers, influencers and online media relations as a PR Director for the Disneyland Resort.

In this episode you will learn: 

• How she and other female sports journalists fought for equal access to critical athlete interviews, winning civil rights cases and navigating the backlash in the 1980s.
• Why she believes that the key to success is having the courage to discover who you are, staying committed to that next step, and finding the champions in your life that will support the confidence you need to do work you love.
• How as a single mom of two girls at 50 she reinvented her career working for the Walt Disney Company as a PR Director for the Disneyland Resort, helping guide storytelling with online media (mom bloggers + early influencers) into the media strategy at Disneyland, and managing projects at Disney theme parks and resorts around the world.
• What she has learned from her long career in sports journalism and in her work for the Walt Disney Company

Watch the 2009 ESPN Nine for IX series "Let Them Wear Towels."  

Michele is the  co-founder of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM)  

AWSM is a volunteer-managed, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1987 as a support network and advocacy group for women who work in sports media (reporting, editing, broadcast, media relations, etc.). Founded by Nancy Cooney, Susan Fornoff, Michele Himmelberg and Kristin Huckshorn – our membership of more than 1,000 women and men primarily includes professionals in sports media and students aspiring to careers in the industry.

 

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