Drake Hills
Lecturer
School of Journalism and Media Studies
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
SDSU
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: (619) 594-5450
Building/Location
Adams Humanities - 4183
Website Links
Bio
Drake Hills is a journalism lecturer at San Diego State University. Before returning to his hometown, Drake deployed his reporter talents in local newsrooms across the USA TODAY Network, covering American soccer, the NFL, MLB, college men's basketball and high school sports, sending Drake to Chicago, Phoenix, Nashville, Ghana, England, Spain and Mexico to tell stories that live at the intersection of sports and culture. One of his favorite stories he's written was how Major League Soccer's $25 million loan with a Black-owned bank syndicate in 2022 paid more than lip service -- it drove change, starting with a loan from a Black bank to local housing redevelopers in Birmingham, Alabama, rehabilitating dilapidated units in predominantly-Black neighborhoods. An award-winning sports writer, Drake has also lectured on sports, race and culture, and journalism at Oklahoma State University, Vanderbilt University and Middle Tennessee State University.
Education
- M.S., Northwestern University
- B.A., University of Oregon
Areas of Specialization
Sports Journalism
Awards & Honors
2023 Tennessee State Press Contests - Best Education Reporting
Courses
- JMS 200 - Introduction to Contemporary Media
- JMS 250 - Introduction to Intersectional Representation in the Media
- JMS 426 - Sports Journalism