Sheridan Taphorn has played an integral role in Noozhawk’s success.
As a news side intern from UC Santa Barbara, she accompanied me to — where else? — a rodeo, where I watched as she effortlessly interviewed the mom of Noozhawk’s lucky mutton bustin’ rider.
There was something about the interaction that clicked with me, and I was smart enough to file that away for future reference.
We didn’t have any news openings at the end of her internship, but we asked if she had ever considered sales and marketing. As it turned out, she said she preferred it to reporting…