Jacob Wolf Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

New York, New York, US

• beehiiv is the fastest-growing newsletter platform in the world, with clients including The Boston Globe, Brex, Arnold's Pump Club and TIME Magazine.
• Helping customers brainstorm and implement both code and no-code custom integrations between beehiiv and other pieces of software.
• Contributing to the beehiiv app and API (Ruby on Rails and React), as well as frontend publication websites (Remix).
• Leading development on the official beehiiv Zapier (NodeJS/Typescript) and Make (Mustache JS) apps.
• Built the company's internal Zendesk customer support app (NextJS).
• Supporting customer support and customer success teams to answer complex technical questions.

Austin, Texas, US

In late 2020, following my departure from ESPN, I founded Overcome, a full-service audio and video production studio focused on high quality film, TV, and podcasting about gaming and esports. We tell esports and gaming stories for the masses authentically and independently. Our first project is an eight-part serialized investigative podcast in partnership.

In April 2022, I founded The Jacob Wolf Report, a subscription-based newsletter on Substack. My work includes original investigative reporting, smart and thoughtful analysis, and educated opinions.

To kick off 2021, I returned to Dot Esports, one of the few legacy publications in esports, as their chief reporter & investigative lead. My role spans across my own work — continuing to investigate and report on some of the biggest stories in esports — but also assisting other writers and freelancers throughout the GAMURS and Dot Esports properties with.

Bristol, CT, US

ESPN, the world's largest sports media company, expanded into the digital esports space for the first time in Jan. 2016. As a staff writer for its flourishing esports department, I uncovered and wrote some of the biggest stories in the space across business, personnel and investigative journalism. I've traveled both domestically in the U.S. and.

New York, New York, US

In June 2019, I taught a two-week course titled, "Game On: Esports as Culture and Industry" at The School of the New York Times. Throughout early 2019, my staff and I developed cirriculum for the course that discussed various parts of the industry, including player's health and rights, collegiate expansion, gambling, discrimination and more. The class.

Austin, Texas, US

As a journalist at the Daily Dot, I focused mainly on competitive video gaming, better known as esports. I broke many stories across multiple games, primarily in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros., and more. I had the opportunity to cover esports events for the publication as well. I also provide original and remix.

Austin, Texas, US

Prior to being hired as staff at The Daily Dot, I worked as a contract contributor for 20-35 hours a week. During this time period, I learned a significant amount about ethics and reporting from then-Daily Dot esports editor Kevin Morris. Under Kevin's leadership, I worked to become one of the most competitive journalists in all of esports.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

I briefly freelanced for theScore's esports division prior to accepting a job at the Daily Dot. Here, I reported news alongside veteran esports journalist Nilu Kulasingham.

London, GB

I served as a remote reporter and feature writer (collectively a contributing writer) for Gfinity, a games company and tournament organizer based in London. Here I broke several stories, as well as wrote many features about esports, particularly League of Legends.

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, GB

As a Contributing Writer at Esports Heaven, I was a key part of reporting several stories within the esports industry. I covered League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and worked for the publication since December of 2014 until April 2015.