Tori leaves Detroit Lions after 7 seasons
After 7 years as the team reporter for the Detroit Lions, Tori Petry announced on Twitter she is leaving her role with the team. After 7 years with the Lions, I’m starting a new chapter. It was hard to find the words to explain what this job has meant to me, but I gave it a go in one last video 💙 Thank you, Detroit. https://t.co/nPgPmyvGFO — Tori Petry (@sportstori) May 27, 2021 She will now be based in Charlotte, North Carolina as a freelance sports broadcaster.
Tori featured on NPR for playing women’s tackle football
In order to be better prepared for her job as an NFL reporter, Tori Petry joined a women's semi-pro football team. https://t.co/raAJsXHAgr — NPR (@NPR) February 17, 2019 NPR's Only A Game program interviewed Tori in February of 2019 about her time playing women's tackle football. The article, The NFL Reporter Who Decided To Play Semi-Pro Football, covered why Tori got involved with the Detroit Dark Angels and how it impacted her career covering the NFL.
Tori featured on Sunday Night Football’s On Her Turf series
In fall of 2018, NBC's Sunday Night Football launched a "Football is Female" initiative in partnership with Refinery29 where each week, they would highlight a female who worked in football around one of the two teams featured in that matchup of SNF. In week 3, the Lions faced the Patriots at home, and On Her Turf contacted Tori to cover her work as the team reporter for the Detroit Lions. The video shows Tori's perspective on being a female in a male-dominated industry and what she has done to...
Tori appointed to University of Florida’s Social Media Advisory Council
In August of 2018, Tori was selected to be one of nine members on her university's Social Media Advisory Council. From the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communication's Social Media Advisory Council website: The Advisory Council role is two-fold. First, the council helps the college confirm and document the skills and capabilities that employers seek in graduates of the social media master’s degree program. Second, the council helps to ensure that the program has adequate...
Tori appears on NFL Network as preseason sideline reporter
As part of her responsibilities for the Detroit Lions, Tori works as the sideline reporter for the Lions' preseason games that air on FOX2 and Fox Sports Detroit alongside play-by-play commentator Matt Shepard and color analyst Chris Spielman. During the 2018 NFL preseason, NFL Network selected Lions vs. Browns at Ford Field to appear live on their air in Week 4. Since NFL Network broadcasts the home team's feed, Tori and her crew were live on NFL Network to a national audience of 756,000...
Tori nominated for two Emmy awards
Tori was nominated for two Emmy awards from the Michigan chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She received the nods in both the "Reporter - Sports" category and as part of a group entry in the "Sports - One-Time Special" category for her work as an on-camera talent, producer and editor for the Lions' "Road to Kickoff" TV show. Below, you can watch Tori's two Emmy nominated entries. This is not Tori's first accolade from NATAS. In 2008, Tori won a NATAS Student Emmy...
Tori hosts official Lions podcast “The One Pridecast”
The first episode of the new official Lions podcast, The One Pridecast, debuted on iTunes on Tuesday, May 22nd. The podcast is hosted by Tori Petry and will feature exclusive interviews with analysts, players, coaches and more. The One Pridecast takes you behind the scenes of the Detroit Lions and gets you up close and personal with the team. The podcast can be found on iTunes and TuneIn Radio.
Tori joins Detroit Pistons broadcast
Tori joined Fox Sports Detroit's Detroit Pistons broadcast crew of George Blaha and Greg Kelser as the sideline reporter for the Pistons' matchup with the Washington Wizards this March. She appeared on the pregame show as well as the postgame show with Mickey York and Tim McCormick, where she is seen here interviewing Andre Drummond. In a 10-day span, Tori covered 12 high school basketball state playoff games in East Lansing, University of Michigan Pro Day in Ann Arbor, the NFL Owners Meetings...
Tori featured on UF College of Journalism alumni page
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications recently updated their website with a featured alumni page that showcases high-profile sports media jobs held by Gator alums. Tori was selected as one of the featured CJC alumni, highlighted alongside other names like FOX Sports' Erin Andrews, ESPN's Jeff Darlington and Sports Illustrated's Andy Staples.
Tori runs viral 40-yard dash in heels at the combine
While covering the 2017 NFL Combine for detroitlions.com, Tori filmed a promo video for the Lions' combine coverage by running the 40-yard dash in the fan zone. Dressed in her work clothes and heels, the video was originally just meant to draw viewers in to the Lions site, but with a time under six seconds, its reach turned out to be much wider. The clip went viral and was featured on ESPN, Huffington Post, NY Daily News, USA Today's For the Win, MSN, FanBuzz, The Herd, and more. FOX 2 Detroit...