Whew, I can’t believe I’m almost done. Throughout my final reflections on my summer in Los Angeles, I have identified three key stories collected from both high-brass and entry level Fox Sports Radio employees that encapsulate some of the more important lessons I have learned. The first story came from the head producer of the Jason Smith Show, Justin De… Read more →
Be ready to switch lanes
If you’ve read my bio page or my other blog posts, you probably remember my story about being toured around the ESPN studios with TV personality Mike Greenberg on my 13th birthday. Sorry to bring it up yet again, but the producer that I met that day on set later became an executive at ESPN and now works as a… Read more →
Shut Up and Listen
We always expect working harder to produce amiable results. We tend to encourage each other to push ourselves in order to unlock our individual potentials. Before shipping out west to work, I was counseled to remain eager and engaged throughout my internship. Many adult figures in my life advised me to be proactive and take full advantage of my opportunity… Read more →
The Resurgence of Sports Drama, and an all-male workplace
I entered the office on the Monday following the end of the NBA Finals prepared to endure a slow day covering college baseball and golf. The flurry of trade talks that developed in the first few days of the week allowed for the resurgence of basketball relevance. The office became dedicated to NBA gossip. As I mentioned in my previous… Read more →
No More Basketball: the Dog Days of Summer
Our workplace thrived off of the NBA Finals. As the weeks have progressed, I have come to realize how heavily the excitement of my job depends on the excitement of the sports world. When the NBA Finals ended, I was assigned to scramble for golf and baseball stories. The days were much slower, and the shows became much more desperate… Read more →
First Week on the Job
During orientation, the interns sat in a conference room decorated with framed photographs of fading stars, like Ryan Seacrest and Steve Harvey. I was working for Fox Sports, in the radio division, but I would soon learn that my work on small-scale radio shows would contribute to a part of a much bigger company, iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia’s daily audience extends further… Read more →
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