Dare I Say It?

It's hard to deem one day so early on in my life as the best day of my life, so I won't quite say it. I will say, though, that I have met the most of my broadcast idols in these past two days than I have ever met before and that I have ever dreamed that I'd meet. The most amazing part is how approachable these guys seem. When I saw Mike Tirico at the Newhouse III Dedication Ceremony, he wasn't shielding himself from students, not wanting to talk. Granted, he won't remember my name. Come next year, if he sees me at WAER or some other place, I'll have to introduce myself again. But that's not really the point. The point was that he was there, in the public view, to talk with students, pose for photos and do interviews for every media outlet/class imaginable. The same goes for Bob Costas. He won't remember my name tomorrow (and if he does, I'd be truly in awe), but the fact that he was nice enough to take an hour-and-a-half out of his extremely busy schedule to let us talk to him and pick his brain. As soon as Bob Costas walked into the doorway of the class, there was an air about him. All he needed was his own theme song to walk in for it to be a picture perfect moment. I'm not exactly sure what kind of song it would be, maybe some sort of Olympic-style orchestra or something. Bob Costas was probably one of the most interesting people that I've ever listened to, but let's not discount the other guests that graced our classroom Thursday. Herb Weisbaum works in a field where I'm not so familiar with in consumer reporting, however I've always been fond of listening to consumer reports. His thoughts on the future of media were so interesting. And it seems like noone has had to reinvent himself more than Dave Cohen. In fact, that's the one question I didn't get to ask him: How are you able to reinvent yourself so many times? All in all, Thursdays class may not amount to be the best day of my life, but it certainly rivals any other thus far.