Aimee Crawford
Aimee Crawford
- Master of Science in Journalism (Magazine Publishing), Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1996
- Certificate in French Language and Literature, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1994
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/French, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1993
Aimee Crawford has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor in magazine, digital, and cross-platform roles for Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, MLB.com, People, and ESPN the Magazine.
Crawford was a member of the ESPN team that won a 2019 Peabody Award for its work on "Spartan Silence: Crisis at Michigan State” and a senior editor for ESPN the Magazine when it won a Folio Award for Magazine of the Year in 2018. Her work has also been recognized in the Best American Sports Writing series. She has coached and covered youth sports for more than two decades, and written about sports parenting for ESPN, espnW, and Sports Illustrated Kids. Crawford also co-authored a book for children, titled All Access: Your Behind-The-Scenes Pass to Sports Stars, Locker Rooms, and More.
Crawford has taught sports journalism and feature writing at Springfield College since 2021. In addition to teaching, she also serves as faculty advisor to the student newspaper and for an annual student-produced sports magazine. She also serves as a judge for the City and Regional Magazine Association’s annual awards contest.
- Sports Writing
- The Press in America
- Media, Sport and Culture
- Feature Writing
- Magazine Writing
- Photojournalism
- Association for Women in Sports Media (past vice president)
- Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
- Associated College Press (ACP)
- Faculty advisor to the Springfield College student newspaper and Pride Sports Journal, an annual sports feature magazine
Selected Works
Presentations
- Co-moderator, Springfield College Arts & Humanities Speaker Series with Emmy Award-winning Journalist Jemele Hill
- “The History of Women's Baseball,” International Sports History Scientific Development Summit Forum, Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu, China, May 20, 2023
- “The Grass Ceiling: How Women and Girls Have Been Shut Out of Baseball,” Colloquium Series of the Departments of Literature, Writing, and Journalism and Humanities and Social Sciences, Springfield College, April 6, 2023
Publications
“Exclusion to Exclusivity: The History of Women Running the New York City Marathon,” Sports Illustrated, Nov. 5, 2021 (link: https://www.si.com/edge/2021/11/05/history-women-running-new-york-city-marathon)
“From The Olympics To Cobra Kai, Karate Is Having A Moment — And So Is Sakura Kokumai,” BeHer Sports, July 6, 2021 (link: https://behersports.com/weadmire/from-the-olympics-to-cobra-kai-karate-is-having-a-moment-and-so-is-sakura-kokumai)
“Athletes Unlimited Is Bringing Women Athletes—and Couples—Together,” Sports Illustrated, Jan. 25, 2022 (link: https://www.si.com/more-sports/2022/01/25/athletes-unlimited-womens-basketball-league-natasha-cloud)
“Mothers had major league influence on Mookie Betts, Zion Williamson, Hughes brothers,” ESPN.com, May 10, 2020 (link: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/29146200/mom-was-my-first-coach-mothers-had-major-league-influence-zion-williamson-mookie-betts-quinn-hughes)
“A literary home run helped Toni Stone, baseball's first woman player, find a stage of her own,” espnW.com, June 21, 2019 (link: https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/story/_/id/27020181/a-literary-home-run-helped-toni-stone-baseball-first-woman-player-find-stage-own)
“Bravo, Simone Biles, for taking a stand against ADHD stigma,” espnW.com, Sept. 21, 2016 (link: https://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/17602540/bravo-simone-biles-taking-stand-adhd-stigma)
“Raising them to be resilient: Wisdom from the parents of superstars,” espnW.com, Aug. 17, 2016 (link: https://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/17602540/bravo-simone-biles-taking-stand-adhd-stigma)
