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uh huh From the small city to the big time
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berries. Beginning as quoted by matt berry himself.
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Mm In high school I graduated from cigar high school
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with a 3.5 G.
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P. A.
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And eventually got my Bachelor associates degree in journalism at
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the Cronkite School of Journalism at it was on state
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1997- 2001.
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11 years before matt would get his sportscenter anchor job.
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I started my career in local television in the Wausau
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Rhinelander Wisconsin area and then worked my way through other
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local markets around the country with my biggest market being
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Dallas texas.
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Very good to start as an intern at Arizona Channel
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three in 2000 while still a student at Arizona State.
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It was there where he met his mentor and fellow
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with sportscaster Gil Towey who he credits as being one
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of the biggest inspirations in his life.
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Matt said himself that ESPN was not a thought at
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first he said quote, I love sports, I love football,
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I love every sports team we have here in Arizona
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and I just wanted to be involved with it in
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some way.
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What at each stop, he was the weekend sports anchor
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and week weekday sports reporter.
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It was the best of both wards anchoring and came
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to travel with teams like the Dallas cowboys in Dallas
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Mavericks. He says being a reporter was a valuable skill
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to be in the locker room and their games to
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face the coaches and athletes.
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You cover Matt covered high school sports for NBC affiliate
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K. X.
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S. Five.
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The NBC affiliate food Dallas To go along with his
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high school sports coverage very.
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Also hosted the weekends words casts, including the show out
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of bounds and inside the Huddle in 2010 pro Dallas,
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Matt spent time in Columbia south Carolina will use an
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anchor for W.
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L. T X.
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A CBS affiliate and also, he hosted a radio show
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titled the Matt and tim show.
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Over the course of his broadcast career, Barry has owned
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11 Emmy Awards and three Edward or Moral Journalism Awards,
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which is the award given for the top journalist.
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Mm When I asked him about what was the biggest
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takeaway for a college student and kid, just starting to
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get his feet wet in the field, he said, understand
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the value of a dollar, learn how to budget, ask
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family for gift cards for birthdays and holidays to buy
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a tv suit and clothes and figure out how to
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maximize the dollar.
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It's tricky.
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But you also come to understand the value of a
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dollar. Barry told me after seven years in the business
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in the Wisconsin area.
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He only had three suits in his wardrobe before moving
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to the Dallas market in 2008 where he would spend
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five years before moving on to sportscenter, He got his
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big break, getting to the NBC affiliate in Dallas texas,
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his fifth market in five in seven years when he
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was 29.
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He accredits having the right demo reel at the right
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time for the right director and says it all worked
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out, it took him seven years to get to a
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top five markets and another five years to get to
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ESPN. And he says he has taken the opportunity and
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ran with it ever since.
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The jump to the worldwide leader Matt Barrie's goal was
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never to make it ESPN, but he got a shot
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in March 2013.
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Anyway, hosting Sportscenter and college football shows and he never
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looked back.
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Two currently matt hosts, in his words says, quote, I
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host the 12 PM Eastern Sportscenter ESPN's flagship program on
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everything sports from Tuesday through friday play by play for
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thursday night, college football, any hosts, all of the college
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football studio programming as well as ESPN's coverage of the
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Masters and PGA Championship.
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Uh huh.
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He says, live events are the lifeblood of sports television,
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I do play by play for college football, I host
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halftime in pregame shows on saturday and front or golf
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coverage for the Masters and PGA Championship.
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These rules are essential in the production of live events
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for millions of viewers.
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So that's a little bit about Matt berry's life and
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upbringing and I was fascinated to sit down and interview
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him and it was all in all, a great experience
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that I will never forget.
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Thank you