Note: Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer sportswriter for whom this graduate fellowship is named, died of cancer on Sept. 10, 2022. He had been interviewed the previous July for this article.

Living in New York City was always a dream for Akshay Mirchandani. Now it’s a reality.

In the Big Apple, Mirchandani serves as the head of audience development for Yahoo Sports. In his freetime, he makes colorful cocktails for his Instagram account @akshaken_not_stirred.

David Ryfe is the Director of and Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at The University of Texas at Austin.

Journalist Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, like many UT alumni of the early 2000’s, still credits a certain football player with providing one of her favorite college moments.