How do you deal with rejection and disappointment? Sadly, I eat. Snacks mostly. Sweet ones. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are my absolute favorite—and I shouldn’t be eating them, not often anyway. If you’re a play-by-play announcer, you likely know the feeling of rejection in the broadcast world (which in many cases is trivial to many …

Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch recently tweeted a link to a report on Poynter.org that referenced the starting average salary for a Journalism School Graduate was a shade under 41k per year. Here’s the tweet in question: Poynter's @abeaujon has an update on the ‘average’ journalism grad’s salary:http://t.co/X77IL12o — Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) January 30, 2013 It …

One of the things that I noticed over the years working in pro hockey is that players often have a meticulous routine to their lives, especially on game day. Not unlike a military boot camp, a pro hockey player has a pretty standard routine on a game day, and some players are more particular than …

This is what many people call the “silly season” for minor league baseball announcers. Starting around October, and concluding over the next month or so, there’s the annual “broadcaster shuffle”. Basically it’s a combination of events that lead up to a decent number of job openings, both public and unadvertised. As a hockey broadcaster, my …