Avery Yang Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Help lead all written news coverage at the Action Network
• Edit, ideate, produce and execute all of Darren Rovell's content on the site

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Was scheduled to be a sports intern at The Washington Post before its program was canceled due to the pandemic
• Interviewed former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang one-on-one about how he would regulate the UFC, how he plans to lobby Joe Biden to aid in this endeavor, why fight fans should care about his proposed.

New York, New York

• Wrote between one and nine breaking news stories every day, including one about Charles Barkley that netted me an appearance on BBC Radio 5; went on BBC Radio two subsequent times to provide insight

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted an exclusive interview with Real Madrid winger Eden Hazard that was aggregated widely, including ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated and several British outlets
• Wrote a feature on Tiger Woods and his impact on Thai sports; wrote another on how the anime series “Slam Dunk” influenced Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura to start playing basketball
• Edited and produced three video packages: two exclusive interviews with Rob Gronkowski and Congressman Ted Lieu and the third on a New York City cricket team grappling with escalating political tensions over Kashmir
• Interviewed 2019 NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo one-on-one at Yankee Stadium

Greater New York City Area

• Broke national news with a story on San Francisco Giants pitcher Derek Holland’s racist antics against Asian people; story aggregated nationally by ESPN, NBC Sports, Bleacher Report, and more
• Wrote a feature on Japanese outfielder and pitcher Shohei Ohtani’s batting practice exploits
• Wrote daily as Deadspin's last ever intern

Anaheim, California

• Covered nearly every Los Angeles Angels home game as the second beat reporter for MLB.com; performed all beat reporter duties, including talking to players and coaches and writing game stories, features and sidebars
• Covered Shohei Ohtani during his inaugural season; wrote a feature on Ohtani’s adjustments and expectations and another on his speed, which contributed to a sprained ankle; broke news with a quote the Astros’ Justin.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Covered the Atlanta Hawks as a credentialed reporter
• Produced game stories with quotes from postgame interviews with players and coaches and/or broadcast-styled video recaps for every home game I covered; fact checked, stat-searched, copyedited and contributed reporting.

Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, California, And New York City

• Reported on the intersection of sports and technology for a website then affiliated with Sports Illustrated
• Wrote 50 stories, including an exclusive on how Jaylen Brown produced and composed a song to calm his nerves before he had to guard LeBron James in 2017’s Eastern Conference Finals
• Three of those 50 stories are published on Sports Illustrated’s website
• Broke national news by reporting—via Twitter video—on Joel Embiid’s response to being fined by the NBA for directing obscenities at LaVar Ball on social media

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania And Remotely

• Contributed to the reporting, fact-checking and editing of an investigative piece on the issue of newsroom diversity with a team consisting of the Los Angeles Times’ Ron Lin and three other student journalists; the.
• Interviewed in an article by CJR regarding my reporting process; less than a year after publishing, a Latino was appointed to the LA Times masthead for the first time since the early 2000s