Brittany Ghiroli Biography
Journalism involves a lot and writing is the least appreciated because many lean towards watching and listening to news. Regardless, writing web articles remains core in journalism and Brittany Ghiroli knows it. After viewers get the gist of the news by watching, they dig deep for details by reading articles and that’s where people like Ghiroli thrive in. She is a professional sports writer currently serving as a senior MLB writer at The Atlantic. Brittany is the go-to source of information for fans who desire to know deeply about their team.
Personal Details
Brittan Ghiroli was born on 18th November 1984 in Baltimore. She grew up passionate about sports and writing and in her adulthood, she has merged the two to become her profession. Her other passion is her marriage to John Caine, her long-time friend and now husband. The two were blessed with a son in 2022.
Education and Career
Her pursuit of journalism started at Michigan State University where she studied journalism. As a student, Brittany interned at Fox Sports Network as a production assistant and later as a sports intern at Falls-Church News Press.
After getting her degree, she got a chance to join Major League Baseball as an associate reporter for Tampa Bay Rays doing game stories, previews, and sidebars that hit 4 million views per day. After close to a year, she was called to MiLB as an editorial producer responsible for editing content for the Minor League Baseball website, monitoring multiple games, and writing deadline-driven stories.
She later moved to Major League Baseball as a freelance writer and as an Orioles reporter where she wrote game analysis and broke news with in-game updates and opinions. She worked for MLB for nine years before joining The Athletic where she started as a reporter for nationals and later got promoted to senior national MLB Writer.
Brittany Ghiroli at The Atlantic
Her passion for baseball and writing has moved Brittany from just an intern to a journalist traveling across the United States and releasing news articles for millions of Baseball Fans. She has covered big stories like the underground MLB All-Star games that no one knew about. The game featured big names like Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, and Paul Goldschmidt. She has done interesting stories like the behind-the-scenes story on how new managers in MLB are hired. Brittany also covered the story of the reason the first female general manager in National American Sport History and the first general manager of East Asia descent, Kim Ng, decided to leave the Marlins in 2024 and what could happen to the team post her departure.
Brittany has continued to soar in her work and also her personal life. She thrives as a mother and also a professional journalist. When she is not working, she is spending time with her child and also her husband. Her passion for physical exercise goes without saying because she was once a powerlifter. She has a unique expression of her love for sports that is unlike the passion displayed by the likes of Katie Engleson and Lindsey Pallares.
Summary of Personal Details
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Religion: Christian
Age: 40
Marital Status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Sports Journalist
Height: approx 5 feet and 8 inches
Weight: approx 140lbs
Salary: approx 80,000 per year
