Episode 123: Asking The Right Questions

Alex Prewitt joins the show to discuss what it was like to cover Alex Ovechkin on a daily basis, making the jump from being a beat writer to a league-wide features writer, and how we can ask better questions without relying on worn out buzzwords.

Here’s a quick rundown of the topics covered:

1:00 Covering Alex Ovechkin
10:24 Working the Daily Beat
16:30 Change in approach writing features for SI
19:30 Face to Face interviews vs. over the phone
26:00 Avoiding analytics buzzwords

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