Thursday, November 11, 2010

Needed Experience

Hello again,

I started my internship in May of 2010 at ESPN Milwaukee. It started off with an orientation for myself and the other interns. Looking around the room and hearing the other interns stories, i began to realize what i would have to do accomplish my goal of attaining a position at ESPN Milwaukee or somewhere in the sports world. Everyone had some sort of background that would aid them in this internship. I have a bachelors degree in criminal justice, so i was going to have to work harder than anybody else to prove that i belong at ESPN. So as my first day rolls along I get to meet all of the talent (radio hosts) at the station which was exciting because i have been an avid listener of the station for a long time. All throughout the station there are photos of the famous sports personalities that have visited the station. It is a constant reminder of what i want to accomplish and where i want my career to go. It was an exciting and informative first day at ESPN Milwaukee. It looks like good things are ahead.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Starting a new career at 35

Hello all, this has been a topic i have wanted to talk about for a while. First off lets talk about where i started. I graduated with a bachelors degree in criminal justice, with the idea of serving the public as a police officer. The closer i got to graduation, the more i wanted to take my career in a different direction. I felt however that i should pursue a career in law enforcement since i had spent 4 years of college and lots of money pursuing this specific degree. After college i got a job as a manager of an armored car company, which i stayed at for seven years. During those seven years i began to realize where my true passions in life were. At the end of those seven years i met my soon to be wife and as we began our relationship. She a die hard Chicago Cubs fan and me a die hard Milwaukee Brewers fan, my passion for wanting to something in sports began to come to the surface. I have always been a passionate and knowelegable sports fan, i just had no idea how to go about getting a job in the sports field. After spending a ton of time researching how to go about reaching my dream job, i came to the realization that i needed some experience. Just on chance I came across an internship opportunity with ESPN Milwaukee. While i really wanted to pursue this, i didn't think I could afford to take an unpaid internship. It was my beautiful wife who convinced me to go for it, even though it would mean moving to Milwaukee 4 hours away . While i was worrying about finances my wife was thinking of my overall happiness. She made me see that for us to be truly happy in life i needed to take this chance or i would regret it for the rest of my life. So with my wife's blessing i set out to pursue my dream. I applied for the ESPN internship and after the sending my resume and interviewing for the position, i was offered it. Two months after getting the position, my wife and i up and moved to milwaukee. While this was easy for me to do as the majority of my family is from the Milwaukee area, I give my amazing wife all the credit in the world for following me to Brew City. Just a little insight into her, She is from Eau Claire Wisconsin where we moved from. Her whole family is from that area and her mother was recovering from breast cancer, so it took a ton of courage for her to make this move. That in a nutshell was the process by which i came to ESPN Milwaukee. In my future blogs i will talk about my amazing experiences at ESPN and some of the hardships that come with not getting paid, while getting the needed experience. Peace out, Drew

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Friday June 11th

The waiting is almost over for millions of soccer fans, myself included. A month long celebration of the beautiful game is about to begin. Whether you are a Brazilian, Italian, German, United States soccer fan, or even a country that did not make the final 32 countries there is so much to be excited about. I personally do not believe the United States will make it out of their group. While i am a huge fan, i have to be realistic. I watched the games the U.S. played against the better teams such as Holland and Denmark and they were clearly overmatched. We will get a good idea where the U.S. team is at on Saturday.