Pepper Persley, An 11-Year-Old Journalist, Makes Debut As WNBA Sideline Reporter
According to Sports Illustrated, the New York native has also interviewed many big names outside of sports, including First Lady Jill Biden, Michelle Obama and the late Chadwick Boseman.
“I got my first interview with New York Liberty player Sugar Rodgers,” Persley told Sports Illustrated in 2021. “I was six and I didn’t really think of it as a career path, I was still a kid at that point. I really started doing interviews as a job during the pandemic. I wanted to do something to bring a smile to people’s faces because this is a depressing time.”
The young hoop fan still hopes to play in the WNBA when she grows up. She’s also a proponent of anti-bullying.
“In second grade, unfortunately, I was bullied, and it was really challenging,” she said. “Especially coming from two people I thought were my friends. One of the things I did to try to flip it on its head, I created an anti-bullying video, which I recently put on my Instagram.”
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