Joanne Lannin

I am a former newspaper reporter with 20+ years experience covering sports and writing feature stories for the Maine Sunday Telegram. I was the first female sports reporter at the Telegram, where I profiled dozens of athletes and newsmakers, including the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach, Rick Carlisle, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Travis Roy.

I am a member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Association for Women in Sports Media. I have written four books about women in sports.

My most recent book, Who Let Them In: Pathbreaking Women in Sports Journalism, will be published by Rowman and Littlefield in June, 2022. My third book, Finding A Way To Play, was a Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Winner, earning a silver medal, and a second place winner in the Independent Publishers of New England annual contest.

You can follow my blog about women's basketball at www.findingawaytoplay.com. You can follow my columns about women in sports and sports journalism at joannelannin.substack.com.