Jeff Zillgitt said one of the toughest things reporters have to come to realize is that you’re not going to become as good as your favorite reporter. But just because that it most likely going to be true, you can still find a place in writing and it’s up to you to find that place. […]

Jim Iovino, managing editor of nbcwashington.com, visited class on March 10 to talk about how he got to be managing editor. Jim started a hockey blog before blogs were really considered blogs near the end of the 90s. Jim and his colleagues at the LCS Hockey blog were one of the first online publications to […]

Jon DeNunzio, former high school sports editor and current user engagement editor for “The Washington Post,” visited class on March 3 to talk about how journalism has and hasn’t changed and what it takes to succeed. Things that don’t change in journalism: Journalism is hard. Real reporters run towards the bomb. You have to go […]

George Solomon, former sports editor at “The Washington Post” from 1975-2003 and ESPN’s first ombudsman, visited our class on Tuesday, March 1 to talk about how to break into the field of journalism. The biggest thing Solomon talked about was that you have to read good writing if you want to get better at writing. […]