About the Author: John Spiropoulos

I'm a former TV news reporter in Washington, DC. I wrote and produced the College Freshman Survival Guide. It's one of the hundreds of training and educational videos I've produced during my career.

For the guide I traveled to a dozen college campuses in eight states. I personally interviewed more than 100 students and more than two dozen professors and other academic staff. This project was self-financed and a product of my own business.

The College Freshman Survival Guide is a comprehensive update to a program I first produced in the 1990s when my own children were heading off to college. I made numerous TV appearances discussing the project including ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today show. See below.

I'm not a professional educator. But I am a professional learner. As a reporter I had to learn a new subject everyday. That involved gathering information, interviewing people, organizing the facts and presenting them in an understandable manner. Every day.

In Washington, D.C. I reported for the local ABC news station. My "beat" was the Federal Government, Economics and Personal Finance. I did that for 10 years. Earlier in my career I wrote and produced the 6pm or 11pm news at TV stations in Washington, DC; Detroit, Miami and Louisville.

In all I have 50 years experience in news and public policy reporting. I've piled up a few awards, including three local Emmys, in my half-century of work. But perhaps the most endearing memories of my career are the refreshingly honest interviews given by college students as I traveled from campus to campus.

About the Author: John Spiropoulos

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