Lindsay Crouse is the Senior Staff Editor and OpDocs Producer at The New York Times. In 2016, two weeks before the U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, Lindsay asked 'New York Times Sports' to send her to Los Angeles to cover the race. She took a vacation day to do it and credits this trip with helping her to shape a career covering women's sports. Four years later, Lindsay is breaking some of the biggest stories in the industry and helping to change the landscape for women in sport. Among some of her most popular pieces is her Equal Play video documentary series that exposes the injustices in women’s running that are the product of a structure of gender inequality in sport.

A graduate of Harvard University, Lindsay is also an incredible athlete, herself. She ran cross country and track in college and then moved to New York where she started working at the 'New York Times' as an assistant secretary. Lindsay has run thirteen marathons and recently set a new personal record at the California International Marathon, December 2019 where she ran 2:53.

This is an inspiring conversation about working hard, leveling the playing field, and taking accountability for your own journey, in running and in life.

Providing women an equal position in sports is a conversation that goes well beyond athletics. It is a conversation that is happening across industries and spurring real and sustainable change. We are grateful to be part of the conversation. Thank you for speaking with us Lindsay, and thank you for the work that you do.