What It Really Takes to Get Into Sports Broadcasting

Podcast: We Are PoWEr Podcast · powered by Simone Roche MBE and Northern PoWEr Women

Opublikowano: 2025-12-08

In this episode, we speak with Kate McKenna, a BBC Sport assistant producer who went from Liverpool FC tour guide to working on some of the world’s biggest sporting events, without industry connections. Kate shares how saying “yes” to unexpected opportunities helped her break into one of the most competitive industries, and why careers rarely unfold in a straight line. She takes us behind the scenes of life at BBC Sport, where no two days look the same. From coordinating VTs in the intensity of live athletics broadcasts to travelling globally for major sporting events...