Academic/Former ESPN Personality
Larry Larson
Student Sportscaster
Larry Larson chats with former newspaper columnist, ESPN analyst and current director of Sports Journalism at Medill, JA Adande. Adande details his career journeys covering superstars such as Kobe Bryant, what makes ESPN’s Around the Horn special, and the state of journalism and sports storytelling today.
The minute you start falling more in love with your product than the people receiving your product is the minute you start going backwards.”
“Is your heart happy? Are you happy? When you wake up in the morning, is there a little zest for life? Do you love what you do? Yes, work is hard, but do you love your work? To me, success is setting a goal, accomplishing a goal and being happy doing it. ”
“…anytime something comes at you, you got to be ready to look it square in the eye and make a call about it.”
“Don’t ever lose sight of the audience. TV is a very one way medium and it’s easy to forget that you need to engage the audience in an interactive way.”
“If you’re happy doing what you do then you’re successful.”
“Whether it’s through a phone or iPad, that may change. But there will always be a need for storytelling. That will never change. People will still want to be informed.”
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