Category: Justin Spears

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Overview: Justin Spears, ESPN radio host and Arizona Daily Star reporter and digital producer

Interview date: April 2, 2019

Location: Arizona Lotus Corporations, Tucson

Interviewer: Leonard Moody, Journalism major, UA           

Length: 56:31

Former UA Daily Wildcat Sports journalist Justin Spears is a reporter and digital producer for the Arizona Daily Star and radio host at ESPN Tucson. Spears wanted to be a sports reporter since age 9. In high school, when Spears was not playing football he was calling basketball and baseball games for student media. Spears admits he was a bit intimidated in his first UA journalism course when he saw so many students’ hands shoot up to show they wanted to be sports journalists. He discusses how he worked hard on developing relationships and helping people while focusing on his career goals. Spears discusses how Twitter has influenced his job, both through building connections and news productivity in general. He has met multiple people through Twitter who became frequent guests on his show. Spears also discusses media coverage of accusations that UA basketball Coach Sean Miller paid a player.