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Ed Hinton Joins ESPN.com as Senior Writer; Will Focus on Motorsports

Thursday July 3, 2008

 

Award-winning sports journalist Ed Hinton, entering his fourth decade in the profession, has joined ESPN.com as a senior writer. Hinton will focus on motorsports to serve fans through ESPN’s digital platforms.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ed,” said Rob King, editor-in-chief of ESPN.com. “His talent and experience makes our strong motorsports writing team of Terry Blount, Angelique Chengelis, Ryan McGee, David Newton and Marty Smith even stronger, and we very much look forward to Ed’s work appearing on our platforms.”
Most recently Hinton was senior reporter for auto racing with the Tribune Co. newspaper chain, writing for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Previously he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he covered auto racing, the NFL, college football and Major League Baseball. Before that he worked for The National sports daily and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Hinton has won numerous professional journalism awards, some transcending sports, including the Scripps-Howard Foundation First Amendment Award in 2001. Twice, he has led reporting teams nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and he has also won several awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors’ largest-circulation newspaper categories, and recognition from United Press International, Sigma Delta Chi professional journalism society and the National Motorsports Press Association. He is the author of two books.

Born in Laurel, Miss., Hinton attended the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. degree in journalism.
NASCAR’s second season back with ESPN has expanded on last year’s extensive multimedia coverage, and helps racing fans stay connected throughout the season. ESPN continues to leverage the full strength of its many digital assets, led by its digital media cornerstones, ESPN.com, ESPN360.com (broadband service) and ESPN’s multiple mobile platforms (including the leading wireless Web sports site, ESPN MVP on Verizon Wireless and ESPN Mobile TV on MediaFLO and MobiTV), as well as go-to NASCAR insider destination Jayski.com. Coverage throughout the season will include live streaming racing coverage, extensive highlights and feature video, expert reporting and analysis, news, commentary, rumors and rumblings, multiple fantasy games, podcasts and more.
Visit www.espnmediazone.com for ESPN’s latest releases, schedules and other news, plus photos, video and audio clips and more.

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This report was provided by an outside PR source and posted by Kim DeHaven.

 

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