ABSTRACT
Barnhart began his career in on a manual typewriter and sent copy on an old telecopier he lugged from stadium to stadium; today he lives on a laptop, a smartphone, and an iPad.
He’s a one-man operation these days, having taken the leap from the AJC in one of its rounds of buyouts and set out on his own. He could make it largely because his was a personal brand, one built through years of reportage from across the SEC. Today, he’s synonymous with college football, but Mr. College Football also off ers very real life lessons for young journalists.
