Suzy Wrack: The sports journalist speaking truth to power

S15 Ep 4

Suzy Wrack is a much-celebrated women’s football writer for The Guardian.

As an author, Suzy wrote the award-winning book 'A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football', along with the leadership book 'You Have the Power' with England Women’s football captain Leah Williamson, and her new book 'Strong Women', which was published this month.

Suzy shares her journey into journalism and how her work at The Guardian enables her to combine her joint passions for social impact and sport.

We talk about Suzy’s investigation into the abuse of Afghanistan Women’s Football team, and she reflects on how un-regulated, self-governed sports can harbour abusers at many levels.

Generously sharing advice for those hoping for a career in sports media, Suzy is open about the realities of being a woman working in male dominated sector and how coverage of women’s football in print media is finally changing. That said, she also shares her disappointment that we’ve not seen more change following the Euros in 2022.

Thank you once again to our partners at Sport England who support The Game Changers with a National Lottery grant.

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Hosted by Sue Anstiss
Produced by Sam Walker, What Goes On Media

A Fearless Women production