Taking the Job after Declining the Offer (Featuring Courtney "CJ" Jacobs)

Published: Jan. 16, 2023, 4 a.m.

Courtney "CJ" Jacobs is a passionate sports fan who turned his passion into a writing career. He discusses his teacher who convinced him to pursue writing (3:06) which lead to him covering his high school sports team. He discusses attending Morgan State University and seeing its transformation over the year. (6:56). Later, we discuss the importance of attending the NABJ (National Association of Black Journalist) convention) and share stories from our first one in 2013 (15:58). He also discusses moving to Massachusetts to become a sports writer in Cape Code (28:43) and last, he discusses creating his clothing line "Culture Christians" (38:47).

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