Tom Lake visit

His visit was a few weeks ago now but I forgot to put my reflections up on the blog. I'll do the best I can to remember what I took away from his visit.

- Right off the bat I was surprised that he didn't mention sports at all. I think besides saying that he worked for SPORTS Illustrated, I'm not sure he even said that word again. Definitely not what I was expecting.

- He confirmed for me something that I'd definitely been fearing when he said being a good journalist is all about repetition. Doing as many interviews as possible, covering as many stories, and getting practice working under deadlines.

- It was interesting hearing him talk about his paper route and how that helped his grow as an interviewer.

- Finally it was nice to share my story idea with him and to receive back some positive feedback.