They work the sidelines, haunt the dressing rooms and tussle at the press conferences – The Weekly meets the female sportscasters making waves in a man’s world.
Read more of this story, including interviews and and photos of Mel McLaughlin and Sam Lane in the March issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.
Erin Molan, Nine Network: “It can be frustrating. I can be the most knowledgeable person on the panel on any given night and when I come off air and read the tweets, they are all about my hair and my dress. But it is what it is. And at the end of the day, I could be cleaning toilets.”
Yvonne Sampson, Nine Network: “There have been a number of women who have blazed this trail before me and they have really paved the way for women like me and that’s the way it should be because women love their sport just as much as men.”
Kelli Underwood, Fox Sports and ABC: “There are more and more women in the media, and while we all compete there is also a sense of sisterhood. We all encourage each other. Hopefully, it will be even easier for the next generation coming through.”
Read more of this story in the March issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.
