>> Well, I went to school at Long Beach State.
I got a degree in journalism.
I entered school, I really didn't know what I wanted to do.
I actually started as an engineering student.
And then halfway through the process somebody showed me the world of journalism,
and to me it was a lot more interesting.
You got to meet with all sorts of different people.
I was actually a photojournalism student.
So I got to take photographs of very interesting things all around the campus.
I got invited to the president's office to meet with the athletes,
and that really started my career in journalism.
I got to work for a newspaper in Los Angeles for a number of years.
I covered events like the 1984 Olympics, presidential campaigns.
In journalism, you really get to see everybody from the President
of the United States to a guy that committed murder.
And that makes for a very interesting career.
And if it hadn't been for my degree in journalism, I wouldn't have the skills
or the understanding to do some of the things I do today.
In 1984, I was part of a team of four photojournalists that covered the '84 Olympics.
And our body of work was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize consideration.
And that was something that, I think, we are all very proud of.
We worked very hard.
We were competing with some of the best photographers in the world.
And to have the newspaper and the organization that you work for take your work and submit it
to the Pulitzer committee is something that was quite an honor.