Excellence in Sports Reporting
ABOUT THE WORK: This is the first time Kim Ng, the general manager of the Miami Marlins, sat down for an extensive enterprise story. Over the course of multiple interviews, games, and meetings, Ng shared her story and her daily experiences of becoming the first AAPI and first female general manager of any major men's professional sport (NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL).
The in-depth text profile and video feature ran on multiple ESPN platforms and were shared widely on social media.
Xuan Thai joined ESPN in January of 2023 as a senior writer and producer in the ESPN Investigative and Enterprise Unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News, managing a team of correspondents, producers and assignment editors. Prior, she was a field producer based out of Miami. She started in news at CNN where she covered the White House and Congress, eventually making the move to New York to become a show producer for MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd, and Andrea Mitchell Reports. Among other honors, she was part of the team that won a Murrow Award in 2020 for Continuing News Coverage and the 2018 GLAAD Award for Outstanding TV Journalism Segment. She has a law degree from George Mason University and is a University of Florida alumnus.
Judges’ comments: “Engaging, thoroughly reported story that takes you through the ins and outs of Kim Ng's career trajectory and all the little tiny decisions she has to make in her current role to be successful, but also looks insightfully at what it takes to success as an Asian female MLB bigwig.”
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