As Mother’s Day approaches, ESPN anchor and Atlanta author Jenn Hildreth shines a powerful light on motherhood and leadership in journalism and sports.
“There’s a real strength of sharing your struggles,” Hildreth tells WABE’s “Morning Edition.” “What initially started off as a pretty individual journey for each of us, wanting to share our stories, grew into something so much bigger, because we realized there’s such a void out there of support for working moms.”
Hildreth is an Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster with more than two decades of experience as a play-by-play commentator, studio host and reporter. But sometimes, she laughs, it all boiled down to sitting on a suitcase in the Atlanta airport bathroom, pumping milk while trying to take a call.
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