HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- I first walked through the doors of ABC13 in 1978 as an intern. My first time on the air was a mistake. I had gone out and shadowed a reporter and asked if I could ask some questions and get some information.

He said, "Sure," and I came back and wrote up the story, got it edited, and handed it in. The producer put it on TV without anyone asking much of anything.

The news director was screaming down the hall at me when he saw my reporting on the air. He wasn't happy, but he said the story wasn't too bad, and he let me stick around.

I took a detour to law school and enjoyed a short stint practicing law, but the spark I felt each day at KTRK couldn't be replicated. The light I felt wasn't in a law office, it was telling stories - stories about the things that matt

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