SPORTS JOURNALIST AND TALENT
Meet Grace Remington.
Miami (Ohio) University football was 2-22 in two seasons when I began covering the team as a beat writer. I still drove 14 hours in two days to Wisconsin for a game. Miami was blown out 58-0. And I had a blast.
Later in the season, I was at Ohio University for a Miami football game. The contest ended at 5:30 p.m., and I raced back to Oxford, Ohio, for a 7 p.m. Miami hockey game.
I didn't reach the Goggin Ice Center until halfway through the third period. Miami had trailed the entire game, but when I arrived, the RedHawks tied it up and won in overtime. Miami's SID said I must be the team's good luck charm.
"What? How'd you make it here?" head coach Rico Blasi said to me after the game when I told him my story. Blasi -- the most stoic man you'll ever meet -- gave me a high five and huge smile.
"You have to come to every game now, you know," he said.
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My audience deserves the best sports coverage. So that's my goal -- to be the best reporter out there. Whether that means waking up at 5 a.m. to attend football weight training or spending 50 hours per week perfecting the sports page, I'll do whatever it takes. Athletes and coaches respect me for it. Readers and viewers thank me for it.
The following strengths help me practice my best journalism possible:
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Collaborative: I'm motivated to be my best, while inspiring others to be their best. We'll build your company as a team.
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Strategic: I think creatively to find new story angles and solutions to make your company a leader in sports coverage.
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Competitive: I work hard to beat other media companies for the story while respecting my sources.
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Analytical: I search for key facts, points and circumstances when a story arises to ensure your company is a trusted source.
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Multi-talented: I write, edit, manage people, design pages, work cameras and perform in front of the camera. Covergence is key.
I grew up in the D.C. Metro area with my mom, dad, two sisters and three brothers. Family is everything.
In my spare time, I enjoy weight lifting and playing the piano and guitar. I also support at-risk and orphaned children in the Dominican Republic through the Justification of Youth program (JOY) and sing in the Miami University TrebleMakers a cappella group. The color green makes me happy (can you tell by my website design?), and I love being outdoors. One of my goals is to travel to every continent. Another goal is to meet Roger Federer.
Over the summer, I interned at NBC Washington, covering all D.C. sports teams for the nightly newscasts.
One of my most valuable experiences was interviewing Bryce Harper and Dan Uggla after a Nationals win. The most fun I had was attending Redskins training camp for five 10-hour days in 100-degree heat, interviewing players and watching practice. At Redskins OTAs in May, I was the first reporter to ask Robert Griffin III about life with his newborn daughter. He gave a heartfelt response, and every single TV station used that sound bite that night.
I'm the sports editor for The Miami Student, the oldest collegiate newspaper in the country (est. 1826).
I understand the importance of knowing your audience, so I've transformed the sports page into a must-read section for my audience of casual Miami fans and students with short attention spans. Every issue has "the two-minute drill," "headlines beyond Oxford," "stat of the day," "this day in sports history," photos and game scores for NFL Monday and Thursday night football (we publish Tuesday and Friday) and Ohio teams. I've also added video content online and funny articles like senior superlatives and athletes' Halloween traditions.
This is how the page looked before, and this is how it looks now.
To see more, please visit my resume or view my video reel, photo gallery and writing samples.
If you are looking for a high-energy, driven individual to contribute to your sports media network, please reach out to me. I love meeting other professionals who share my passion for sports.
