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After two decades as a Los Angeles Times sportswriter who traveled to all 50 states and half of Canada's provinces, Robyn Norwood traded in her frequent flier miles to specialize in sports, travel and behavioral health close to home. She never runs out of stories in Southern California.
A regular contributor to the L.A. Times, she also writes for USA Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the San Diego Union-Tribune, and her byline has appeared online at FoxSports.com, ESPN.com, ESPNLosAngeles.com and in her own community at AOL Patch/Belmont Shore.
Professional Experience
Independent Journalist, 2008-Present
- Wrote cover stories, features and deadline game stories on Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL, NHL and NCAA football and basketball for clients that include the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPN.com, FoxSports.com, the New York Times and the Boston Globe.
- Covered 2008 and 2009 National League playoffs for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
- Contributed video stand-up reports, blog posts and Twitter items to LATimes.com while covering majority of Anaheim Ducks' NHL home games for print edition during 2009-10 and 2010-2011 seasons.
- Wrote travel stories for the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune on topics including California ballparks, snowshoeing in Mammoth, mid-century modern shopping in Palm Springs, the final days of Yankee Stadium and a guide to carry-on luggage.
- Published as a photographer by FoxSports.com and San Diego Union-Tribune.
Los Angeles Times, 1986-2008
- Wrote more than 20 A-1 stories and two Column Ones as a staff writer in Sports.
- Covered 11 Final Fours as national college basketball columnist and reporter.
- Covered Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, including beat coverage of gold-medal winning men’s and women’s basketball teams in Sydney.
- Lead reporter for Super Bowl XXXV as Times NFL columnist during 2000-01 season.
- Covered Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, including reporting from East Coast veterinary hospital after Barbaro was injured.
- First to report during NHL labor dispute that professional hockey players were receiving unemployment compensation in California.
- Broke story that Ron Wilson would be hired as the first coach in the history of the Anaheim NHL team then known as the Mighty Ducks.
Other Professional Experience
Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau Intern, 1986
- Worked as a post-graduate news intern in the Washington, D.C., bureau, covering such events as Congressional subcommittee hearings and National Institutes of Health news conferences.
Washington Post Intern, 1985
- Worked as a staff writer in sports, filling in on Baltimore Orioles deadline game stories and covering Boris Becker's first tournament after he won Wimbledon at 17.
Orlando Sentinel Intern, 1984
- Covered minor league baseball, contributed features and worked as a copy editor.
Camden (S.C.) Chronicle-Independent Intern, 1983
- Wrote news, features and columns for hometown paper.