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(Editor’s note: This article is part of a new weekly series featuring Columbus Dispatch journalists and their work in our community.)
Joey Kaufman has covered Ohio State football for The Dispatch since he joined the paper in 2019. He answered a few questions about his job below.
Why I became a journalist
Since childhood, I’ve loved newspapers. I grew up in Southern California and devoured the Los Angeles Times sports section with my breakfast cereal. It had everything. Columns from J. A. Adande and Bill Plaschke after Lakers playoff game. Chris Dufresne’s top-25 college football rankings. The standings and box scores covering the inside pages. While the games on TV captured my imagination, the paper added deeper context. Sports are little more than highlights without a narrative of a season or career to follow. For me, this planted the idea that you could write for a living and tell more about the athletes, coaches and their teams.
What I like best about my job
The Buckeyes make compelling fodder. They’re perennial College Football Playoff contenders and have rosters stacked with talent, including All-Americans and other stars who are up for the Heisman Trophy. Covering them feels like you’re in the middle of the action in college football, trying to stay on top of one of the sport’s biggest stories. Given that relevance and a history of success, which has made Ohio State football important to so many throughout the state, you feel a responsibility to capture each moment with care and precision.
A story I worked on that has had a lasting impact on me
Last fall, I profiled former Ohio State offensive lineman Marcus Hall, 10 years after he went viral for raising his middle fingers to the crowd in the annual rivalry game at Michigan. The incident ignited a social media firestorm at the time, and Hall took no shortage…
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Publish date : 2024-06-30 10:00:55
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