Your Mark On The World

Read the full Your Mark on the World article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/1QWk0yl. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Austin Meyer, a young journalist who recently graduated with a masters degree from Stanford, got his Warholian fifteen minutes of fame this year. You see, Austin won the New York Times “win-a-trip” with Nicholas Kristof competition. A host of college students apply for the coveted opportunity to travel with the famed columnist to a destination in the developing world to cover, as only Nick does, the painful stories of the developing world. Austin Meyer and Nicholas Kristof in Nepal, courtesy of Austin Meyer Austin Meyer and Nicholas Kristof in Nepal, courtesy of Austin Meyer Austin shared some of his history with me in preparation for this piece and live interview. He confessed that he didn’t always plan to become a journalist. When I arrived at Stanford, I had no clue