Don Van Natta Jr.

The first Pulitzer was a public service Pulitzer, actually at the Miami Herald. It was covering Hurricane Andrew, the eye of the storm. I was in Florida City and 165 mile an hour winds were whipping around us in a Comfort Inn motel, which got torn apart. And I wrote a first person story on a Trash 80, one of these little Texas instrument computers about what it was like to survive the storm.

The first Pulitzer was a public service Pulitzer, actually at the Miami Herald. It was covering Hurricane Andrew, the eye of the storm. I was in Florida City and 165 mile an hour winds were whipping around us in a Comfort Inn motel, which got torn apart. And I wrote a first person story on a Trash 80, one of these little Texas instrument computers about what it was like to survive the storm.

The first Pulitzer was a public service Pulitzer, actually at the Miami Herald. It was covering Hurricane Andrew, the eye of the storm. I was in Florida City and 165 mile an hour winds were whipping around us in a Comfort Inn motel, which got torn apart. And I wrote a first person story on a Trash 80, one of these little Texas instrument computers about what it was like to survive the storm.

That got the New York Times' attention, got recruited there at the age of 30, and won two Pulitzers there, team Pulitzers, for explanatory journalism about the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York.

That got the New York Times' attention, got recruited there at the age of 30, and won two Pulitzers there, team Pulitzers, for explanatory journalism about the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York.

That got the New York Times' attention, got recruited there at the age of 30, and won two Pulitzers there, team Pulitzers, for explanatory journalism about the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York.

That's right. I always say that covering the CIA, the Pentagon, trying to get secrets out of there prepared me for covering the National Football League.

That's right. I always say that covering the CIA, the Pentagon, trying to get secrets out of there prepared me for covering the National Football League.

That's right. I always say that covering the CIA, the Pentagon, trying to get secrets out of there prepared me for covering the National Football League.

I remember that quote vividly. The NFL, you could argue, has been quite greedy since then. Quite hoggy. Quite hoggy. And all of the metrics are moving in the right direction from ratings to team valuations, which are maybe the most important to owners. But yeah, absolutely. 10 years later, Mark got that one wrong.

I remember that quote vividly. The NFL, you could argue, has been quite greedy since then. Quite hoggy. Quite hoggy. And all of the metrics are moving in the right direction from ratings to team valuations, which are maybe the most important to owners. But yeah, absolutely. 10 years later, Mark got that one wrong.

I remember that quote vividly. The NFL, you could argue, has been quite greedy since then. Quite hoggy. Quite hoggy. And all of the metrics are moving in the right direction from ratings to team valuations, which are maybe the most important to owners. But yeah, absolutely. 10 years later, Mark got that one wrong.

And they're going to surpass it.

And they're going to surpass it.

And they're going to surpass it.

Absolutely. It's the communal viewing aspect of the National Football League, right? Why do the ratings on Christmas Day and Thanksgiving skyrocket? Is everybody hanging on every play and every commercial? No. The game is on because as we gather, that is what we can all agree on is the National Football League. And it's the sweet spot in the American culture.

Absolutely. It's the communal viewing aspect of the National Football League, right? Why do the ratings on Christmas Day and Thanksgiving skyrocket? Is everybody hanging on every play and every commercial? No. The game is on because as we gather, that is what we can all agree on is the National Football League. And it's the sweet spot in the American culture.

Absolutely. It's the communal viewing aspect of the National Football League, right? Why do the ratings on Christmas Day and Thanksgiving skyrocket? Is everybody hanging on every play and every commercial? No. The game is on because as we gather, that is what we can all agree on is the National Football League. And it's the sweet spot in the American culture.

Yes.

Yes.