Cristina Daglas, an executive editor who has responsibilities overseeing the ESPN website, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave by the company. Several employees are reported to have filed human resources complaints, the specific nature of which is currently unknown. Daglas is said to have been on leave since late January, according to a report filed by Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports.
Daglas first joined ESPN as a senior editor for ESPN The Magazine in 2014, and has worked in various editorial functions over her decade with the company. In 2016 as the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series championship in 108 years, she was working with the company’s digital division and helped lead its coverage surrounding the historic event. Daglas was the first female MLB deputy editor in ESPN history, and later transitioned into a similar role on the company’s NBA coverage. According to her LinkedIn profile, she started working in the executive editor role at ESPN in November 2021, under which she oversees the ESPN.com website.
Daglas is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she proceeded to earn her master’s degree in journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Moreover, she was the recipient of the prestigious Thurgood Marshall Fellowship as a graduate student. Over the years with ESPN, she has had the opportunity to work with heralded journalists and industry luminaries, including former senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski.
In addition to her job with the network, she is also listed as being an adjunct professor for the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Cal State Fullerton also revealed that she would be a journalism instructor in November teaching a class on sports reporting. Prior to her time with ESPN, she served as an editor for D Magazine and Milwaukee Magazine, which came following reporting experience at Isthmus and The Capital Times. It remains unknown if the reported administrative leave has affected her teaching roles at either of the universities.
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