#095: Mike Sager on dropping out of law school to become a best-selling author and award-winning reporter

Mike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning reporter. He’s been called “the Beat poet of American journalism.” For more than forty years he has worked as a writer for the Washington Post, Rolling Stone, GQ and Esquire. In 2010 he won the American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine award for profile writing. More than ten of his articles have been optioned for or have inspired television movies and series and feature films, including Boogie Nights starting Marc Whalberg. The author of a dozen books and eBooks, Sager is also the editor and publisher of The Sager Group LLC, a consortium of multi-media artists and writers We talked about his story of dropping out of law school to pursue a career in writing and the effects of that. He shared some incredible stories of some of the pieces he worked on, ranging from a profile on Kobe Bryant, to investigative pieces with pimps and prostitutes, and pretty much everything in between. Check out the Sager Group online at mikesager.com