Know Your Prognosis | Mike Royer | TEDxTuscaloosa

After 40 years in television, Mike Royer came across three stories that changed his life. In this talk, Mike describes the lesson that he learned from three people that he couldn't forget. In June of 2015, Mike Royer completed 40 years in broadcast television. Mike was born and raised on a family farm in west-central Indiana, and he graduated in 1975 from Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga. He served for eight years in the Indiana and Tennessee Air National Guard. Mike was selected as the Indiana Broadcaster of the Year in 1978, and was named Alabamaʼs Best Television Meteorologist five times by the Associated Press. Mike anchored an Emmy award-winning newscast and received the Edward R. Murrow award for broadcast excellence. For 20 years Mike produced a weekly feature called The Spirit of Alabama. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx