Covering One of the Greatest Teams of All-Time, Storytelling in Sports and Knowing When You're Burned Out With Brody Miller | Ep. 2

After School Program

"The reasons people start doing something are always very, very different from why they keep doing them."

As the LSU beat reporter for The Athletic, Brody Miller (@BrodyAMiller) covered LSU during their 2019 national championship season, writing numerous features on one of the greatest college football teams of all-time, and was selected to cast a vote in the 2019 Heisman Trophy all before he turned 26.

He was the Managing Editor at the Indiana Daily Student during college and later held positions at The Indianapolis Star, The Clarion Ledger and NOLA.com.

In this episode:

Brody's advice to aspiring journalists (4:34)

How a little luck played into his career (9:53)

Covering one of the greatest college football teams of all time (18:20)

Why it's the stories within sports that Brody enjoys (36:26)

Realizing he was overworked and how he brought himself back in balance (1:04:26)

How technology has altered journalism and entertainment (1:33:22)

Brody's advice to himself (2:06:00)

How he interviews when covering a sensitive subject (2:08:15)

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