Ep136: Joanne Lannin: Who Let Them In? Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism

December 1, 2022
Joanne Lannin wrote for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram in Portland, Maine for twenty-two years …where she was the first female sports reporter. Who Let Them In? Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism is Joanne’s fourth book about women and sports. Joanne is a retired English and journalism teacher and she still plays basketball in an over-50 league. She lives in the Portland, Maine area with her husband Rik and their two rescue pups. 

Joanne’s basketball blog
Joanne’s substack blog
Who Let Them In? Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism by Joanne Lannin
Finding a Way To Play, The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball by Joanne Lannin
Joanne on Twitter
2023 Senior National Games, Pittsburgh, PA
Bianca Smith, Boston Red Sox, Hear Her Sports Ep128
I also talk women’s sports history with Kelcey Ervick in Ep132
Sue Bird
Association of Women in Sports Journalism
I am Woman, Helen Reddy
Mighty Macs movie trailer. Story of Coach Cathy Rush at Immaculata College
Muffet McGraw, Legendary Basketball Coach, Ep104

Joanne’s latest book is Who Let Them In? Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism.
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