And I secretly nursed a fantasy that at the end of the interview, having heard my uke skills, George would ask me to join his group, and I would be able to give up journalism and tour the world.
Gary Imlach's wit, presence and hard-nosed journalism fronting ITV's Tour coverage took us a long way from Match of the Day's blokes, now without Lee Dixon, its most modern, erudite analyst.
He told The Daily Caller that accusations of his campaign being a book tour were "lazy journalism," and said that his biggest issue on the campaign trail was "not being aware that some [news] outlets were going to look and evaluate every potential negative word or appearance".
With their recent poverty awareness tours and informative journalism and lectures, both men have been doing a phenomenal job of using their platforms when it comes to spreading the word.
He takes his collection on tour to raise funds for journalism scholarships through the Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.
Success has come late for Li, who quit the tour between 2002 and 2004, to study journalism.
But Mr. Schorr's book does offer a guided tour through the lost world of broadcast journalism as a brand-new and serious business.
In addition to his cricket career, Fender worked in the wine trade, had a successful career in journalism, and wrote several well-received books on cricket tours.
What "The End of the Tour" dramatizes — why it will be added to journalism professors' curricula — is the seduction phase of the profile-writing process.
When Bill returned from his second tour in 2007, he could have easily returned to journalism and settled down with his wife, René, to start a family.
