Filming a television ad with then University of Miami and future Dallas Cowboys/Miami Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson.

I polished my writing skills working for “The Hurricane,” the University of Miami newspaper. The last semester of my senior year, I interned at The Miami News, giving them a full 40-hour work week instead of the mere six that were required. I was hired immediately upon graduation. I snagged a prime reporter’s position right out of the gate because I’d volunteered to cover a graveyard shift by myself (when all the good blood and guts news happened), and the Cox newspaper essentially had no choice but to hold me over.