The New York Times: Op-Docs

How do you know when to walk away? Today's guest spent 15 years at The New York Times telling stories about endurance sports.

She produced nearly 400 short films for Op-Docs at The Times.

It earned her four Emmy Awards, four Oscar nominations, and two Peabody Awards.

And her reporting has led to real change for female athletes, like better maternity protections for runners at Nike.

And I did that by saying yes and almost creating opportunities for myself.

Um, I raised my hand and started pitching sports articles to the sports desk.

I, um, sat behind the guy that was shart- starting this short documentary series called Op-Docs, um, and started working for him.

Um, I wound up, uh, producing opinion videos, kind of combining all my interests there.

I had one real job, which was producing our short documentary series.

It was called Op Docs.

And then I was sort of becoming known as a women's sports actress.

reporter and also making and commissioning videos.