Today I'm joined by three journalists from the Washington Post to discuss their deeply reported series on NIL and college athletics.

Albert Samaha is a sports investigative reporter at The Washington Post and author of two books. His latest book, "Concepcion: Conquest, Colonialism, and an Immigrant Family’s Fate," was a finalist for the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography. His first book, "Never Ran, Never Will: Boyhood and Football in a Changing American Inner City," was winner of the New York Society Library’s 2018 Hornblower Award, a finalist for the 2019 PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award, and adapted into the Netflix docuseries "We Are: The Brooklyn Saints." Originally from Northern California, he lives in Brooklyn.

Emily Giambalvo is a sports reporter focusing on data-driven projects with the enterprise and investigations team. She covered University of Maryland football and men’s basketball from 2018 to 2023, and she has contributed to The Post’s coverage of the Olympics, gymnastics and national college sports. Emily grew up in South Carolina and graduated from the University of Georgia.

Jesse Dougherty is a college sports reporter for the Washington Post, focusing on business and NIL. He previously covered the Washington Nationals (2018-23) and high school sports. Before joining the Post in February 2017, he briefly covered the NHL and NBA for the Los Angeles Times. Jesse was born in Philadelphia and graduated from Syracuse University.