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Will Buikema is an executive producer for the SB Nation's video content department, Secret Base. Will talks about how he landed himself a job after college, all of the latest trends within the industry, how to structure a narrative, and, best of all, the research process that Secret Base uses to construct its all-encompassing stories.

Mirin Fader is a staff writer at Bleacher Report Mag and former staff writer at the Orange County Register.

Aria Gerson is a Michigan football beat writer at The Michigan Daily and a former intern at Cape Cod Times.

James Hawkins is a copy editor and Michigan basketball beat writer at The Detroit News.

Katelyn Mulcahy is a licensed content creator for Major League Baseball and former managing photo editor at The Michigan Daily.

Neal Ruhl is a play-by-play broadcaster for the United Soccer League on ESPN +, Oakland University basketball on WGN and Detroit City FC on Fox Sports Detroit.

Evan Petzold is an assistant sports editor for CM Life and a student at Central Michigan University. He is also a staff writer at Wolverines Wire and a frequent contributor to 100.9 ESPN - FM.

Emily Waldon is a Detroit Tigers and National League prospects writer for The Athletic.

Vito Chirco is the host of 2 Bad Hombres and Tigers Talk on the Detroit Sports Podcast Network, a contributor to the Detroit Free Press, Detroit Sports Commission and SoundMind SoundBody, and handles marketing for Team Top Cat.

Tony Paul is a staff writer for The Detroit News. His coverage includes baseball, golf, college athletics and the sports-media industry.

Brendan Quinn is The Athletic's Michigan and Michigan State basketball writer and co-host of the podcast, "Moving Screen"

Dana Sulonen is the deputy sports editor at the Detroit Free Press.

Jeff Pearlman is the New York Times best-selling author of eight books, including The Bad Guys Won!, Boys Will Be Boys, Showtime, Sweetness and Gunslinger. He is the host of the Two Writers Slinging Yang podcast and blogs regularly at jeffpearlman.com. His new book, Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, is available for purchase now on Amazon.com.

Fred Segal owns and operates the notorious sports media twitter account @OldTakesExposed and website FreezingColdTakes.com

James L Edwards III: James L Edwards III is the Detroit Pistons beat writer for The Athletic and a former Lansing State Journal preps writer.