When did you decide you wanted to be a journalist?
When I was in high school, I had an internship in a radio station, and they used to let me go out with the reporters. It was exciting.. We’d go from the mayor’s office to a big fire. It was different every day . And it also fit my desire to do something that helps make the community better.

What’s your favorite thing to do in Dallas-Fort Worth?
A nice drive in the country, a nice dinner with my wife and friends.

If you could interview anyone alive you haven’t interviewed, who would you and why?
Barack Obama’s former pastor, Rev Jeremiah Wright. Because I have yet to see a story that really explains why he is how he is. This one preacher ends up having tremendous impact on the presidential election. Thousands of hours have been wasted talking about him, but virtually no one understands what he believes, because most of the reporting has been determining who will be the prw, in spite of thousands of hours wasted talking about him.

What made you want to get into the news business?
There was a day in journalism class where we talked about how journalism is the only profession mentioned in the constitution. Good information is that important to a free people. To play that role in making America work is, for me, the definition of awesome.

Tell us about a story that you are particularly proud to have brought to the public's attention.
There is a man in Lone Oak named Big George. He can’t read. He and his father worked for the same family his entire life. That family gave them the house they lived in, but never gave him the deed. When the last people in that family died, they still had the deed in their safe.  A local banker bought the house from their estate and tried to evict Big George. I did the story, and dozens of our viewers came forward to help. Students from Garland remodeled the place. A banker from Greenville masterminded a plan to help Big George buy the house back. Better than seeing Big George win his battle was seeing how many of our viewers cared enough to help.

How do you convince reluctant sources to appear on-camera?
I tell them it is my job to tell their stories fairly and accurately, and that I take that responsibility seriously.

How do you define success?
Doing my job every day with consistency. Whether it’s a fun feature story or a tragedy, I am successful when I make the most of the time I have to produce, and the time I have on the air to tell it.

Tell us one reason why you love what you do.
The world is a confusing place. When we are at  our best, we help people understand it, so they can make better decisions to improve their lives

What quality do you have to have to make it in this business?  
You need a reason in your heart that makes you feel strongly that what we do is important. A reason strong enough to keep you going, even when on a stupid assignment, or heading into a hurricane, or knocking on a door of someone who might want to curse you, or worse.