Sports Media With Richard Deitsch
Jemele Hill’s Memoir
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Episode 250 of the Sports Media Podcast features Jemele Hill, a contributing writer for the Atlantic, the host of “Jemele Hill is Unbothered” on Spotify, and the author of “Uphill: A Memoir,” which published on Oct. 25. In this podcast Hill discusses why she wanted to write a book about her life, especially one so personal and raw; a childhood where addiction was all around her; the pain and catharsis of writing so intimately about her mother; how being around addiction impacted her choices as an adult; her reasons for having an abortion and why she wanted readers to know about it; her default to pouring all of her energy into her career; being the only Black female sports columnist out of 305 daily newspapers in the country; joining ESPN in November 2006; the incorrect reporting of her initial ESPN salary and how that impacted people’s reaction to her; the voicemail Chris Berman left for her which prompted meetings with management; navigating ESPN politically; her tweets about Donald Trump; being suspended