Brian Windhorst, ESPN

Brian Windhorst has covered the NBA and USA Basketball for ESPN since 2010. He started his career at the Akron Beacon Journal, then went to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He covered LeBron James when LeBron was a high school student in Akron, about whom Windhorst has authored or co-authored four books. He gives us some insights into the multi-platform media giant for whom he works; he has good advice for aspiring journalists; talks about working the pandemic; and the value of being happy.