Ashley Bastock

I am currently a Cleveland Browns beat reporter for cleveland.com, covering my hometown NFL team. I am always on the lookout for interesting feature and enterprise angles.

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Prior to this role, I worked for the Akron Beacon Journal, covering primarily high school sports with college and the pro coverage mixed in.

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In my first newspaper job, I covered the University of Michigan beat for The Toledo Blade focusing on football and men's basketball. I began working at The Blade in September of 2018 as a general assignment sports reporter and transitioned to the Michigan beat June 2019.

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In 2016, I left my job as a production assistant at NBC News' Meet the Press to pursue a career in sports journalism. I began working freelance and covered the Cleveland Cavaliers, Indians, Browns and high school sports for the Associated Press, Fear The Sword, NEO Sports Insiders and Metro Networks.

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As my experience up until this point shows, I am willing to work to succeed in this incredibly competitive field. When I made the decision to leave my job with MTP, I knew I was taking a big, but hopefully rewarding, risk. So far, I have not been disappointed, and am confident that this is the right field for me as I continue to improve my work.