Emily Ohman
Editorial Team, The Athletic | BA in Geography, BS in Society & Environment
- Role
- Staff Editor at The Athletic
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Emily Ohman
I am a creative and detail-oriented graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where I earned simultaneous degrees in Physical Geography (B.A.) and Society & Environment (B.S.). I worked for The Daily Californian since my first semester at Cal, and, despite having no prior journalistic experience, quickly worked my way through the rankings to become one of the youngest assistant sports editors, few female head editors in the paper\'s history, and coveted football beat writers all within two years. I also participated in an Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) studying the effects of cannabis farming on ecology and animal behavior in southern Oregon. I worked with professors within the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism on their research and focused my studies on effectively communicating climate science, which I one day hope to do with a career in environmental journalism. I am also the founder and president of Bears for Birds, the only birdwatching club in campus history; as a chapter of the National Audubon Society and recipient of a grant from the prestigious Green Initiative Fund, we work to make our campus more ecologically nuanced and to empower students with citizen science tools to enrich their experiences of natural history.
Experience
Staff Editor
Jan 2026 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Edited breaking and developing sports news across all verticals, working with reporters and editors to deliver timely, accurate coverage of the most compelling stories in sports.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Studies
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