Other Journalism Experience
Sports Intern
KNXV-TV (ABC-15)
September 1996 - May 1997
Notable: We were a small shop, so I got to do everything, including locker room interviews.
Highlights: Covered the 1997 Rose Bowl (ASU vs. Ohio State) and got in an important question when Charles Barkley returned to face the Suns for the first time.
Producer/Director
KASR-Video (Public Access)
December 1995 - May 1996
Notable: For one semester, I had my very own hour-long music video show. My roommate (Lee Margolies) and I put the entire show together each week.
Highlights: Backstage with No Doubt and other bands prior to Super Bowl XXX, interviewing Everclear in a foul-smelling alley in Mesa behind a dive bar.
Morning Disk Jockey
KASR 1260AM (ASU College Radio)
September 1992 - December 1995
Notable: This is where the nickname "T-Roc The Prophet" came from. It involved an altercation with a mall preacher on ASU's Hayden Lawn.
Highlights: Got to play a lot of grunge music from my hometown (Seattle). Very first interview was with then-Mayor Harry Mitchell, who is now a U.S. Congressman.
Public Address Announcer
Arizona State University Athletics
September 1992 - 1994
Notable: Fill-in announcer for the ASU Softball team, especially when they had tournament games (multiple fields at once).
Highlights: Announced the very first softball games in the history of the UW Softball program at the ASU Coca-Cola Classic (a loss against Michigan, and a win over ASU). That's worth a trivia question someday.
Public Address Announcer
Woodinville High School
1990 - 1992
Notable: I actually got paid for playoff games. Announced mostly JV games in basketball, baseball, soccer, and volleyball.
Highlights: I was one of the last ones cut from the basketball team Sophomore year. Seems I could talk a better game than I could play.
Explorer Scout - Post #35
KIRO-TV & Radio
1991
Notable: A short-but-fun internship where I got to visit my first newsroom. My only experience with the Boy Scouts.
Spotter - GTE Northwest Classic
KING-TV
1989 - 1990
Notable: Along with a handful of other Junior Golfers, I got to follow groups around the course and report scores over headsets to a producer in the truck. Who doesn't like Arnold Palmer & Chi Chi Rodriguez? I think I still have my free "The Home Team" hat somewhere.