Reaction to Tom Witherspoon

I was a three-sport athlete in high school, and I was always paying attention to the coverage that high school sports received in the media; to be honest, when I was in high school there was not much other than The Wichita Eagle. I have been out of high school for five years and I am involved in college athletics, so I still pay attention to high school sports coverage. Let me tell you, it has exploded over the past few years.

Tom Witherspoon is an ambitious guy, you have to be to do what he has done. I was stunned when he said he started Vipe Magazine by himself. It is obviously a daunting task to write, edit, and do all the photography for a magazine by yourself. It seems to be working out for him now, after a few years of almost slave labor to get that Vipe going.

Everything that I heard from him about reporting, writing well, covering your beat etc. I have heard many times before. The one thing that stuck with me was how hard he has worked over the past few years to get where he is. It is a little intimidating, to be honest. But he is not where he is today without working his butt off and taking a few chances.