Anchoring ESPN’S SportsCenter, Breaking Into Sports Media, and Becoming an Award-Winning Communications Expert with Cary Chow

The Asian American Athlete

In this episode, host Justin Hong interviews award-winning communications expert and former ESPN SportsCenter anchor Cary Chow about his journey and sports media career.
During this episode, Cary talks about his family’s background, where he grew up, and why he wanted to pursue a career in media (2:24) as well as the importance of sports in his life (5:07).
He shares about the early days of his media career (6:14), his strategy to break into sports media (9:16), and how he landed opportunities to work at national networks, including ESPN (13:50).
Cary also talks about the first time he anchored SportsCenter (20:07), one of his most memorable shows (30:18), what it means to him to be an Asian American anchor for SportsCenter (33:41), advice for the next generation of Asian Americans pursuing careers in sports media, and much more.

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