Julie Donaldson: Difference between revisions

In February 2008, Donaldson was hired to cover [[Boston]]-based sports for [[NBC]] affiliate [[WHDH-TV]]. She left the job in December 2008, seeking a start in a new market.<ref name="comcastjob">{{cite web | url = http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100708julie_donaldson_has_comcast_sports_gig_also_ex-wbcn_dj_lands_wbz_slot/srvc=home&position=4 | title =Julie Donaldson has Comcast sports gig |author= Jessica Heslam |work = [[Boston Herald]] | date = 2010-07-08 | accessdate = 2010-07-08 }}</ref> In June 2010, Donaldson was employed as a freelance reporter for [[Comcast SportsNet]]'s mid-atlantic network, covering sports stories in the [[Washington, D.C.]] area.<ref name="comcastjob" /> In September 2010, Donaldson was promoted to anchor afterin LisaSeptember Hillary left the station for its sister network in [[Philadelphia]]2010.<ref name="CSN Coverage is growing">{{cite web | url =http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=6795 | title =CSN Coverage is growing |author= Dave Hughes |work = [[Press Box]] | date = October 2010}}</ref> During her decade-long tenure as a reporter, anchor, and host for [[NBC Sports Washington]], Donaldson covered nearly every team, athlete and major sports story in the region, as well as across national and international sporting events. Donaldson also served as host of several NFL shows and contributed regularly to their other football programs and coverage. In addition to her work with NBC Sports, Donaldson also frequently held on-air roles for [[NBC Olympic broadcasts]]. She held four Olympic assignments as a news host during the Olympic gamesGames in 2012, 2014, 2016, andthe 20182010s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Donaldson joins NBC's Olympic Coverage |url=https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/2018/01/31/julie-donaldson-3/ |accessdate=31 January 2018}}</ref>

In July 2020, Donaldson joined the [[Washington Football Team]] to be their senior vice president of media and as one of its gameday radio broadcasters, working alongside [[play by play]] announcer [[Bram Weinstein]] and analyst [[DeAngelo Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie Donaldson to Become First Regular Female Member of an NFL Radio Broadcast |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/julie-donaldson-to-become-first-regular-female-member-of-an-nfl-radio-broadcast/2367681/ |website=NBC 4 Washington |accessdate=11 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Carpenter |first1=Les |title=Bram Weinstein, DeAngelo Hall to join Washington Football Team's revamped radio broadcast |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/11/bram-weinstein-deangelo-hall-join-washington-football-teams-revamped-radio-broadcast/ |website=Washington Post |accessdate=11 August 2020}}</ref> She iswas the first regularhired female on-air member of an NFL broadcast team and was named as one of the most powerful and influential women in sports by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in late 2020.<ref>{{cite web |author1=SI Staff |title=The Unrelenting |url=https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2020/10/06/the-unrelenting-women-in-sports-daily-cover |website=SI.com |accessdate=6 October 2020}}</ref>