If you’re looking for opinion, observations and the occasional rant on all things sport, you will find it here! I’m Molly McElwee, a writer and journalist interested in the way sports and culture intersect, in particular how women fit into the sporting world.
I was a full-time reporter for the Daily Telegraph for nearly six years, focusing mainly on women’s sport, tennis and football, alongside a number of Olympic and Paralympic disciplines. I also host a podcast called Off The Bench, where I interview women in sport about key moments in their careers.
I’ve recently gone freelance, and want to take readers on the ride with me, covering some of the best tournaments in the world, lifting the lid on what it’s really like to report on sport for a living (including the less glamorous sides to it!).
Every week you’ll get a new post, where there’ll be behind-the-scenes insight, the occasional exclusive interview and some personal takes on my experiences as a woman working in a pretty male-dominated environment.
I settled on the name But Do You Actually Like Sport? because I cannot count how many times I have been asked this - and I’m yet to find a male colleague who has ever been questioned in a similar way. It might sound ridiculous, but people are still surprised to find a woman dedicating her working life to following sport.
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