Potential mentors and mentees shared breakfast at this morning’s Sports Task Force professional development session at the 32nd annual NABJ convention and career fair at Bally’s Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The event, sponsored by ESPN, attracted more than 150 convention goers interested in networking with sports journalists. Steven Smith, a sportswriter and radio personality in New York City, addressed the breakfast crowd.
“When you have a chance to talk to your peers, you wonder ‘what have I done to be here,’ ” Smith said about being chosen to fill in as the speaker at the professional development breakfast.
Robin Roberts, an anchor at ABC’s Good Morning America, was scheduled to give the keynote address, but recently underwent surgery for breast cancer. Roberts announced she has breast cancer to viewers July 31.
Hard work, believing in himself and a demand for criticism were just some of the things that Smith noted as qualities that got him to where he is in his career.
“You are who you are, not what you do,” Smith said.
Aaron Morrison
NABJ Convention Online
