Peak Perspective: Life of a Beat Writer

Note: A huge thanks to Jordan Kaye, BJ Rains, Alex Taylor, Kevin Lytle, and Chris Murray for taking time out of their days to speak with me about their jobs for this project.

If you follow college sports or any sports, you likely follow one or more beatwriters for your favorite teams. You read their work like their tweets and have read countless stories they have written. But have you ever heard their stories before? We decided to turn the tables and interview a group of Mountain West beat writers in order to learn more about them as well as all the work that goes into their craft.

A range of origins:

Often, one of the most interesting parts of the story is the starting point, and this group…