Dawn Ennis

Yes, She’s that Dawn!

Dawn Ennis is the Managing Editor for Outsports and an award-winning journalist who hosts the “RiseUP With Dawn Ennis” talk show and “The Trans Sporter Room” podcast. She was America’s first transgender journalist in a TV network newsroom when she came out 6 years ago, and has been called “SportsGirl” in every newsroom she’s worked in since, Ennis is a single mom raising a former state champion high school swimmer, a cross country runner and a little leaguer. Dawn teaches journalism at University of Hartford.

You can follow her @lifeafterdawn on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.



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