Breaking ground: uncovering the path of women journalists
Subash Jayaraman caught up with Sharda Ugra, senior editor at ESPNcricinfo, to discuss women in sports journalism in the Cricket Couch
07-Aug-2013
Subash Jayaraman caught up with Sharda Ugra, senior editor at ESPNcricinfo, to discuss the life of women in sports journalism, the challenges they face in a male-dominated environment, the impact of sexism and the changes in the industry over the years in the Cricket Couch
There was a discussion. At one point, I was joking to someone "Listen, I am going to tell the TV channel at the start of every season that let me coach these girls and I will teach them that this is how you ask questions. It is very easy. Just make sure you pay me like a really good stipend or whatever it is called. I will coach them. You get me any two girls, and I will teach them how to ask questions on television about cricket." And my friend looks at me and says, "You are a really sad person. Do you think that is what these girls are for?" and I replied, "Sorry. I forgot that." That is not what they are there for in the first place.