Career history
Fred Katz and the Washington Wizards Beat
Fred Katz, an NBA journalist, joined The Athletic in 2018 as its Washington Wizards beat writer. This career detail is documented in the biography published by Simon & Schuster for Katz’s book, Under the Bright Lights.
The verified Washington Wizards role
In 2018, Katz moved to The Athletic as the publication’s Washington Wizards beat writer. The role placed his reporting on a specific NBA team during this stage of his career.
This summary does not make additional claims about his duties, reporting volume, access, sources, or individual stories. The supported career description comes from the detailed biography on the book’s publisher page.
Verify Fred Katz’s career biography at Simon & Schuster (external website)
Where Washington fits in Fred Katz’s reporting career
The Wizards beat sits between two other verified stages of Katz’s team-focused NBA reporting career:
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: Oklahoma City Thunder
Katz began a beat-writing job covering the Oklahoma City Thunder for The Norman Transcript.
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: Washington Wizards
He joined The Athletic as its Washington Wizards beat writer.
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–: New York Knicks
Katz subsequently covered the New York Knicks exclusively from 2021 through 2024.
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