I have had the opportunity to work with Tom Witherspoon along with Mike Cooper at VYPE magazine. I have come to really like the guys after working with them for 2 summers and this spring. So you would think I knew a lot about Tom when he came to visit our class but I did learn quite a bit.

During my time working with the guys I learned about the writing process and a little bit about the printing and delivery process but I never really learned about all the behind the scenes action like the online information and the income part of the company.

The first time I worked with the guys at VYPE they were just getting into the internet side of the magazine so I didn’t get to learn much about it, but hearing Witherspoon talk about it made it sound very important to the company. I didn’t realize the internet side of the magazine would take up as much time as he said it did.

I knew most of their income came through advertisements but I just assumed that as much time that is spent on the internet work that some kind of income would come out of that.

The most shocking thing to me about the whole process is that two guys can manage the outcome of such an amazing magazine. The magazine is put together very well and I know Tom and Mike make it their first priority to print only the best. If I didn’t know the guys behind the magazine I would think their was a whole crew taking care of all the work they do.