SENIOR MEDIA COACH Brandon Bankston What did you do before you were a Miner? + I was a TV journalist for 17 years and a freelance writer. What do most people not understand about the news? + The anchor is often wearing shorts and sandals behind the desk. Shhh, don’t tell. If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be? + Jamaica or St. Maarten. What do you do for fun? + Woodworking, gardening, driving classic Japanese cars and playing with the latest techno-gadgets. If you could have a dream dinner party, who would sit at your table? + Stephen Hawking, Robert Pirsig, Steve Wozniak and Wally Funk.