The top 10 Black women sports journalists in 2018

The top 10 Black women sports journalists in 2018
Pictured, from left, are Lisa Wilson, Claire Smith and Wilson’s daughter pose for a picture. In 1983, Smith became the first female Major League Baseball beat reporter. In 2017, she was presented the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, the top honor for a baseball writer, during Hall of Fame weekend in Cooperstown. (Image source: Twitter–@lisabellwilson)
  1. Lisa Wilson

This past April, Wilson became the first Black woman to be elected into office for APSE. The former sports editor at The Buffalo News and The Undefeated is now the editor for The Athletic’s NFL coverage.

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