A regional journalist has opened up about how sexist discrimination deterred her from achieving her dream of working in sports journalism.
Laura Hartley, left, has spoken out about how she was put off working in sport due to the “problems she’d face” because of her gender.
She went on to work as a multimedia journalist for her hometown newspaper the Coventry Telegraph and now serves as audience editor at publisher Reach plc’s In Your Area hyperlocal news network.
But, in a piece for the Telegraph, Laura has now revealed her initial ambition of being a sports reporter was thwarted by the “many hurdles” she felt she would have faced.
Laura wrote the first-person piece for her old newspaper after becoming an ambassador for the ‘Her Game Too’ initiative, which aims to raise awareness of sexism faced by female football supporters.
Coventry City fan Laura wrote: “I wanted to become a sports journalist at an early age, but the only thing stopping me was my gender and the discrimination I would face just by being a female.
“I’ve unfortunately still faced these…
