Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times: 'Persistence over talent wins every day'

With the New York Times financial column Dealbook and an upcoming HBO movie based on his critically acclaimed book Too Big To Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin has had a journalism career many would envy. Surprisingly, it all started with an unofficial “internship” at the paper while he was still in high school.

“I actually wasn’t really even supposed to be in the building. I came to xerox and staple for Stuart Elliott who’s the advertising columnist,” he recalled in our Media Beat interview.

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