Summary: Veteran Sports Reporter Bryan Salmond Joins the Show to Discuss His Viewpoint on Becoming a Sports Reporter<br> Hi everybody, I’m Brian Clapp, Director of Content for WorkinSports.com and this is the WorkinSports podcast…<br> <br> So far we’ve had 15 sports industry expert interviews and when I first started laying out this concept, I figured I’d hit my database of contacts first. Well, it hasn’t worked out that way at all. I’ve tried to push myself out of the comfort zone I’ve established over 20 years in the industry and interview people I don’t know, and learn about positions I didn’t know that much about.<a href="https://www.workinsports.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/eps15_cover.png"></a><br> <br> I’ve taken this on as a learning experience for me, just as much as it is for you.<br> <br> I’ll admit, some of our guests have made me a little nervous. I’ve been doing this a long time, but I still get anxious leading up to an interview, I still feel butterflies and I still rehearse my questions so I don’t sound like a moron.<br> <br> When I talked with <a href="http://www.workinsports.com/blog/are-you-ready-to-work-in-baseball-work-in-sports-podcast-e018/">Josh Rawitch Sr. VP of Content and Communication for the Arizona Diamondbacks</a>… yeah I was a little scared to mess that one up.<br> <br> But you know what is funny… as soon as I hit record, everything goes away. I lose the nerves. I don’t hear anything else and I rarely if ever ask the questions I practiced. I get in a zone, where all I focus on is my guest. Every word they say is my launching point for the next question, there is no routine, this is all off the cuff.<br> <br> The reason I bring this up is because you all have “the zone”. Everyone has the ability to hyper focus their attention, and it’s all based on need. I need these interviews to go well, I only have one chance and the person on the other end doesn’t want to hear me stumble.<br> <br> You need your job interviews to go well. You need your networking opportunities to go well. You need your internships to go well.<br> <br> Athletes get in the zone when they stop thinking and let instincts and training take over. You can do the same. Trust your preparation. Trust your research and your practice and your work ethic and allow yourself to enter the zone.<br> <br> That’s how you nail a job interview, when you lose the script, lose the rehearsed answers and enter your zone.<br> <br> This is also a long way of saying – I’m bringing an old friend on the podcast today. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-salmond-ab933148/">Bryan Salmond is a sports reporter</a> who has worked all across the US – starting in small markets like Missoula,Montana and Beaumont,Texas, and working his way up to New Orleans, Boston, Philly and Las Vegas.<br> <br> But this interview isn’t just about <a href="http://www.workinsports.com/blog/sports-jobs-in-focus-tips-for-being-a-sports-reporter/">being a sports reporter </a>– we’ll handle all that for sure – but Bryan and I spend a little time talking about bigger issues, like race in sports. As a black man who has worked all across the country he’s seen it all and shares what’s really going on out there.<br> <br> If you are an aspiring media personality, or just a human being who wants to hear more about real life issues while hearing some behind the scenes stories on guys like Kobe Bryant and Sugar Ray Leonard… this is the interview for you.<br> My Questions for Sports Reporter Bryan Salmond<br> So to let all of you know, Bryan and I have known each other for a long time – we worked together for what 4-5 years at CNN in the late 90’s early 2000’s… and since that time I’ve followed Bryan’s career from Beaumont Texas, to Las Vegas, to Eugene Oregon, to New Orleans, to Boston, to Philly and now back to Las Vegas… you’ve been on a crazy ride but before we get into your ride and what you have learne...
