Lindsay Crouse (journalist)

Lindsay Crouse is an American journalist and film producer.[1][2] She helped produce the 2017 documentary 4.1 Miles, which won an award at the 2017 Peabody awards. She is currently a senior editor at The New York Times.[2]

For the actress, see Lindsay Crouse.
Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse at the 2017 Peabody awards
Lindsay Crouse at the 2017 Peabody awards
Born1984 (age 38–39)
Rhode Island, U.S.
Occupation(s)Journalist, film producer

Crouse grew up in South Kingstown, Rhode Island[3] and graduated from Harvard University, where she competed in both track and field and cross country sports events.[2]

Career

Crouse first wrote about the choices faced by female athletes who also wanted to become mothers in October 2014.[4] She wrote about how female athletes faced pressure to put their babies at risk and continue training and competing, while pregnant, and put their post-natal recoveries at risk.

In May 2019 Crouse reported on Nike's lack of maternity support for the female athletes it sponsors.[5][6][7][8][9]

In November 2019, Crouse produced a video interview, and wrote an op-ed, about Mary Cain, entitled "I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike", that was critical of Nike, and its chief coach, Alberto Salazar.[10][11] The article covered how Cain felt that bad coaching from Nike, which included forced weight loss, had ruined her competitive prospects, led her to develop brittle bones[12] and amenorrhea, and caused her considerable mental distress. Crouse wrote that Gracie Gold, "the only other female athlete featured in the last Nike video ad Cain appeared in", also felt a similar pressure (from her training team) that triggered an eating disorder so profound that Gold considered taking her own life. Following the publication of the article Nike suspended Salazar.[13]

In January 2020 she described being inspired by a new generation of female athletes, and deciding to begin training so she could compete for a spot on the USA Olympic team.[1][6] She said she regarded Shalane Flanagan, the first American woman to win a NYC marathon in decades, in 2017, and Des Linden, who won the Boston marathon in 2018, as her "team captains". Like Flanagan and Linden, Crouse made her renewed effort in her mid-thirties. She needed to run a marathon in under 2 hours and 45 minutes to make the team. Her best time was 2 hours and 53 minutes – better than her times in college, but short of making the team.

In February 2020 Crouse wrote a New York Times op-ed on her reaction to being told her ex-boyfriend, Michael Polansky, was Lady Gaga's new boyfriend.[14] Marie Claire magazine quoted extensively from Crouse's op-ed, suggesting its readers could learn from her reaction.[15]

References
  1. Lindsay Crouse (January 31, 2020). "I Am 35 and Running Faster Than I Ever Thought Possible". The New York Times. p. SR7. Retrieved February 27, 2020. Last year, it even trickled down to me. As I watched so many women qualify, I decided I would try, too. I had written about Flanagan's catalytic effect on her teammates after she took New York. And I had reported on the women who persevered behind Linden in Boston. I thought of these women as my team captains, even if they'd never heard of me, and it was thrilling to watch them finally triumph. And I thought: Why not me, too?
  2. "LINDSAY CROUSE IS CHANGING THE GAME FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS". Richroll. January 23, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020. Some of Lindsay's most popular pieces include How The 'Shalane Flanagan Effect' Works, which examined the former podcast guest and New York City Marathon victor's elevating impact on other women; she broke the story on Nike's refusal to guarantee female athletes' salaries during or immediately post-pregnancy; and she produced the piece in which Allyson Felix told her story around Nike and pregnancy.
  3. McGowan, Dan (April 4, 2022). "Meet the South Kingstown native who won an Oscar last week". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  4. Lindsay Crouse (October 26, 2014). "For Pregnant Marathoners, Two Endurance Tests". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. Pam Moore (November 15, 2019). "After Speaking Out Against Nike, Alysia Montaño Expands Her Advocacy Platform". Runners World. Retrieved March 3, 2020. In a recent episode, the women interviewed Lindsay Crouse, a reporter and videographer for The New York Times who produced two powerful op-ed films about female track athletes this year: in May, a film about how pro athletes struggle to be compensated during and after pregnancy; and in November, one about former teen phenom Mary Cain's experience being coached by Alberto Salazar, who allegedly weight-shamed Cain and created a toxic training environment that ultimately led to injuries and self-harm.
  6. Martin Fritz Huber (February 8, 2020). "The Olympic Trials and the Value of an Impossible Dream". Outside Online. Retrieved March 3, 2020. Crouse, who is an accomplished amateur runner, describes how she just ran her best marathon at 35—an age where she "didn't think it was still possible to improve significantly in anything." This athletic achievement, Crouse goes on to note, was mirrored by successes in her professional life; in addition to the Cain/Salazar story, she was the driving force behind a viral Times story of former Nike runners taking the company to task for having no maternity policy for contracted athletes.
  7. Allyson Felix; Lindsay Crouse; Taige Jensen; Max Cantor (May 22, 2019). "Allyson Felix: My Own Nike Pregnancy Story". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020. They told stories we athletes know are true, but have been too scared to tell publicly: If we have children, we risk pay cuts from our sponsors during pregnancy and afterward. It's one example of a sports industry where the rules are still mostly made for and by men.
  8. Lindsay Crouse (May 14, 2019). "Nike and Pregnancy: Your Questions, Answered". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020. Nike's contracts are essentially saying that women are susceptible to having to compete while pregnant or soon after childbirth. Otherwise, they risk giving up pay.
  9. Jen A. Miller (May 18, 2019). "Maternity Leave for Sponsored Runners". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020. On Mother's Day, The New York Times's Opinion section released a powerful video in which sponsored female runners say they risk losing their pay if they become pregnant. And it is already prompting announcements of policy changes at several companies.
  10. Mary Cain; Lindsay Crouse (November 7, 2019). "I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020. Instead of becoming a symbol of girls' unlimited potential in sports, Cain became yet another standout young athlete who got beaten down by a win-at-all-costs culture. Girls like Cain become damaged goods and fade away. We rarely hear what happened to them. We move on.
  11. Chris Chavez (November 7, 2019). "Mary Cain Speaks Out Against Nike and Coach Alberto Salazar Over Emotional, Physical Abuse". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 3, 2020. 'I joined Nike because I wanted to be the best female athlete ever,' Cain says in an Op-Ed video produced by the New York Times' Lindsay Crouse. 'Instead, I was emotionally and physically abused by a system designed by Alberto and endorsed by Nike.'
  12. Lindsay Nadrich (November 8, 2019). "Track star claims former Nike coach Alberto Salazar ruined her body and career". KGW8. Retrieved March 3, 2020. "But the outcome is, that she was driven to extreme eating and this is such a ubiquitous thing that happens all the time and I think it's again, why we don't just want to tell these stories, and be like, 'Oh that was a sad story'. We want to tell these stories and think about why things are the way they are, again, this is all legal, this is all fine, this is a really common practice in many cases," Crouse explained.
  13. Matthew Futterman (October 30, 2019). "Shalane Flanagan Was Not Surprised by Alberto Salazar's Ban". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  14. Lindsay Crouse (February 27, 2020). "My Ex-Boyfriend's New Girlfriend Is Lady Gaga". The New York Times. p. SR4. Retrieved March 3, 2020. I don't follow my ex on social media. We were "friends" on Facebook. Then we were "in a relationship" on Facebook. After we broke up, I noticed I was "blocked" on Facebook. And then we moved on. I hadn't googled him in forever (I promise). But this month I knew everything about his new relationship status, within hours of when it was disclosed.
  15. Elyssa Kostopoulos (March 1, 2020). "What It's Like Being Lady Gaga's New Boyfriend's Ex-Girlfriend". Marie Claire magazine. Retrieved March 4, 2020. Putting pen to paper, Crouse did what any good writer would do and wrote an essay for the New York Times titled, 'My Ex-Boyfriends New Girlfriend Is Lady Gaga.' The opinion piece, which has since gone viral explores the difficulties of learning of an ex's new relationship in the digital age.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.