Caitlin Thompson

Tennis has always been a passion for Caitlin Thompson, and now she is able to hone in on that passion with her own magazine, Racquet. From a young age, she knew being on the tennis court and telling stories were two things that just came natural to her. She continued those two natural feelings by playing tennis for the University of Missouri, which also happens to be one of the best journalism schools in the country. She went on to lead a very fulfilling life in journalism, writing for newspapers and magazines all over the world, and even though our world is shifting more to digital, nothing compares to the excitement and dedication to her own print magazine, and how she feels destiny has brought her two favorite worlds together into one.

 

What You’ll Learn:

• Why Racquet is is so important for such a small community (5:10)
• How money is valuable and media should not be free (28:54)
• Why tennis has always been written on a spectrum of utility instead of about the people (30:37)
• How Racquet is putting tennis players back into the cultural conversation (39:06)