Wendy Parker
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As seen in:
East Cobb News,
Sports Biblio Reader,
Medium,
MSN Canada,
CBC Manitoba,
WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA),
Atlanta Magazine,
Overdrive,
BlueStar Media
Covers:
soccer, sports and culture, women's sports, sports history, olympics, college athletics, sports books, sports business
Local news yokel: editor and publisher @EastCobbNewsNow; recovering sportswriter @AJC.
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Wendy Parker’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I'm a versatile web editor and sports journalist; sports history devotee; author of women's sports e-book, Beyond Title IX; former print and online journalist at Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In my current work I am a senior writer at Blue Star Media, a newly launched site that I helped develop and that is devoted to youth, grassroots, college and international basketball.
I am a longtime contributor to Basketball Times, a monthly magazine that focuses on college basketball.
At The Atlanta Jo…
Wendy Parker’s Journalist Portfolio
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Soccer's American television evolution
The World Cup and FIFA's discontents
The enigmatic legacy of Landon Donovan
Here we go again: Gender and coaching women's basketball
Gender and Coaching: The Myth of 'The Glass Sneaker'
Interview
See all 12 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
I was a staff writer for a weekly newspaper in suburban Atlanta. I covered local government, schools, public safety and business.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I've still got an old IBM Selectric and a dried-up bottle of White Out that I may donate to the Newseum.
How is social media changing news?
The ability to directly target readers, and to get rapid feedback, story ideas and breaking news tips from them, has been a great benefit.