If you want to be a reporter, you’re competing with a lot of noise. So how do you set yourself apart? Above all else, I’ve learned that it’s important to hustle. “Just work hard” seems like a simple enough concept, but graduation really changes its meaning. It’s important to tackle the scary stuff–for me, it [...]

New college graduates can now expect to work for eight to 10 companies, on average, during their careers. For 26 years, I worked for only one company – so I have a lot of job-hopping to catch up on. Even before graduation from Washington and Lee, I started with the company (Media General) as an [...]

Every company is different. I'm currently very lucky to be working in a collaborative, collegial, and dynamic environment, but unfortunately I think most organizations are plagued with and stymied by overbearing political cultures. Unfortunately you'll likely come across many different personalities in the workplace and be forced to work with people of questionable character and [...]

If someone asked you to have an “Informational Interview,” and wanted to know how to get a job like yours, what would you tell them? My advice for finding a job in endurance sports media would be to pursue an internship with a very strong, well-recognized organization over the summer, while continuing to intern/volunteer/play sports [...]

And, how to make it in America… sort of. If someone had told me upon my arrival in Lexington that six years later I’d be walking into Rockefeller Center to work alongside Brian Williams for a living, I probably would have said “Rock, where?” Growing up in Romania I developed a passion for great journalism. [...]

Know your stuff, and know yourself. My first real work experience beyond high-school summer jobs came when I landed an internship after my sophomore year at W&L on the corporate investments trading floor of a major bank in Charlotte, N.C. (the same kind of division that has currently gotten J.P. Morgan in hot water). The [...]

I have spent the past 14 years doing what I and those who know me well would call my “dream job.” I am the Director of Corporate Partnerships for the Philadelphia Phillies. My work combines many of my passions – business growth, advertising and marketing strategies, broadcasting and media management, relationship building, and career development [...]

The minute you think you're a good boss, you're not. Why? Because a good boss can't be full of hubris. A big ego blinds you from reality and skews your vision into what's really happening within your organization. I oversee over 200 individuals and I never think that I'm better or above anyone that works [...]