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Jamie Erdahl ’07
Anchor/Reporter, New England Sports Network
On air five days a week throughout New England reporting
connection with sports earlier than I ever did. We used to sit
on the Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots and doing human
and talk football and basketball, and all the while he was
interest stories, Erdahl also anchors a half-hour show called
teaching me things about those sports but also that it was
NESN Sports Today on the weekends and fills in as the
okay for me to be a female passionate about athletics. Still to
sideline reporter for Red Sox broadcasts.
this day when I come back to Breck, I see Coach B and we talk
Talking sports professionally is a natural outgrowth of her
sports. He gets it, and now I have a job that proves that I get it!”
own experience as a three-sport athlete at Breck and two-sport athlete in college. “I absolutely love it,” she says. “And it fulfills my never-ending thirst for more sports knowledge.”
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Erdahl would advise someone interested in a broadcasting career to have an interest in what they’re reporting and to realize how important it is to be an extrovert: “It’s so much more than reading off a teleprompter—you have to be able to connect with people!” Her own involvement started with her KFAN Sports Radio internship during junior year May Program at Breck. During college, she interned in the sports department at both Fox 9 and KARE-11. And Athletic Director (and former Dean of Students) Brett Bergene remains one of her favorite people to talk sports with. Says Erdahl, “I believe he recognized my
A.J. Sinker ’08
Editor/Associate Producer, mlb.com
In his role with Major League Baseball, Sinker works in
as possible. “It’s good to have a focus or a specialty, but it’s
original content, which means he edits and helps produce a
just as important to be comfortable with a number of
game show called Bucks on the Pond as well as a talk show
aspects of production,” he advises.
and various other content. He says his favorite part of the job is the variety. “Production encompasses so many different tasks that I’m never bored,” he says. “Getting to watch baseball at work is pretty cool, too.” Sinker says he’d advise someone interested in a career like his to get experience in as many different aspects of production
Looking back at his time at Breck, Sinker says he’s especially grateful to Mr. Kohl and Mr. Bell. “Both gave me a lot of opportunities to do video projects,” he recalls, “which helped me realize that I wanted to study and pursue a career in production.”