New York Times recruits Baylor journalism major to write for website
…she introduced me to the idea of getting paid to watch sports.” Pirtle, a native of Olney, Texas (about 100 miles northwest of Fort Worth), is not the only Bear to have found such success online. For instance, Jason King, BA ’97, is a national college basketball columnist for ESPN.com, and recent graduate Ashley Killough, BA ’09, covers politics for CNN’s “Political Ticker” blog. “This is all the journalism experience I have; my high school was t…