Speaker Profile

Ben Fischer covers the NFL and other professional football for Sports Business Journal, the leading authority on the money and strategy behind sports, sports media, marketing, athletes and events. From 2015 to 2020, he covered the Olympics, paying especially close attention to Los Angeles’ pursuit of the 2028 Games.

His career in news dates back to 1994, when he became a paperboy for the Marietta (OH) Times. Since then, he’s covered tech startups, venture capital, health care, insurance, media, politics and public education. He is a graduate of Kent State and the University of Illinois-Springfield. He lives in Brooklyn.