Deb Whitcas

My journey in entertainment started when I was young on Dance Party USA. I was lucky to have a TV station in my high school, and I was also a dancer on the grind during college while studying TV. After graduating, I got an opportunity with the Jerry Springer Show, where I worked my way up from an intern to a producer. Then I moved to Los Angeles and pursued unscripted TV, working on probably 30 to 40 different shows over the years. About 5 or 6 years ago, I was in Atlanta working on 3 different shows when all 3 got canceled at the same time. I saw the writing on the wall for unscripted TV and asked myself, why am I not a sports reporter? My father played in the minors for the Phillies and was also a professional bowler, so sports has always been huge in my life. I've always felt most comfortable in the stadium, love the games, love the passion of the athletes, and I know the game just as well as the men do. I literally Googled 'how do I become a sports reporter' and Lee Steinberg's media seminar popped up. I flew from Atlanta to LA for that seminar, which really got me focused, and I started networking from there. I've been doing sports for the past 6 years now and have covered several Super Bowls, combines, NFL drafts, and college national games. I primarily focus on football since I'm still doing both unscripted work and sports. By day I'm an unscripted producer, and by night and weekends I'm a sports reporter. I'm a hustler and I work 6 days a week, usually sitting at my laptop from 8 or 9 in the morning until 9 at night, because you have to.