Taylor Rooks has landed a new job.
According to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, Rooks has joined Amazon’s upcoming Thursday Night Football broadcast team.
“Taylor Rooks is an incredibly talented journalist, who has already established herself as one of the best interviewers in sports,” Marie Donoghue, Vice President, Global Sports Video for Amazon said. “We look forward to bringing her engaging and illuminating conversations to our Thursday Night Football coverage.”
Rooks will continue her work with Turner Sports, where she hosts the Taylor Rooks X podcast for Bleacher Report. Rooks sat down with Front Office Sports to answer some questions about her new job:
“I will be doing interviews and features. You’ll see a lot of long-form sit downs, super similar to things I did in the NBA. Having conversations and meaningful discussions – and telling those stories in a creative and innovative way here on Prime Video,” she said.
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The 30-year-old reporter responded to the news on Twitter:
“LIFE UPDATE: I’m incredibly happy to announce that I’ll be joining Thursday Night Football this season!! I’ll be doing long form interviews and features with your favorite NFL players and continuing to tell stories in meaningful and fresh ways.
A dream come true”
