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By Lena Blietz <\/strong><\/p>\n

For Peggy Kusinski, being a woman shouldn’t be a defining characteristic in a career as a sports reporter.<\/p>\n

“We’re all here now, we’re all doing the job. Let’s move past that, it’s been almost 50 years,” Kusinski said.<\/p>\n

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Kusinksi offers advice for aspiring journalists, regardless of gender.<\/p>\n

“I would say this to any men getting into the business as much as I would say it to any women. The way you carry yourself has a lot to do with how the people you are interviewing will react to you,” Kusinski said.<\/p>\n

In 2015, only one in ten sport stories were produced by women, according to the Women’s Media Center. This is a seven percentage point drop from the previous year.<\/p>\n

NBC 5’s Peggy Kusinski shares her experiences as a female sports reporter in Chicago for over two decades.(Lena Blietz\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Lena Blietz For Peggy Kusinski, being a woman shouldn’t be a defining characteristic in a career as a sports reporter. “We’re all here now, we’re all doing the job. Let’s move past that, it’s been almost 50 years,” Kusinski said. 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