Jordan Conn

I'm a freelance journalist and frequent writer of stories that include the word "journey" in the heading or subhead. Mostly, these stories are about sports.

I wrote "The Defender: Manute Bol's journey from Sudan to the NBA and back again," a multimedia ebook published by The Atavist. It's available on the Kindle, as well as for the iPhone and iPad. The Wall Street Journal reviewed it here, and SI.com excerpted it here. The story was named a finalist for the Livingston Award, given to the best work by journalists under age 35, in the international reporting category.

I've written for The New York Times, Grantland, ESPN: The Magazine, Sports Illustrated, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Philadelphia Inquirer, SLAM, DRAFT, ESPNHS, and SI.com, among others. I have appeared on NPR's "Only a Game" and on SiriusXM's "Edge of Sports" to discuss my work. I have reported in Sudan, India, Israel, and Singapore.

I spent the summer of 2009 interning at Sports Illustrated, and I graduated from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism in May of 2010.

Follow me on Twitter: @jordanconn.