David and Goliath

I have a new hero. Her name is Sara Ganim, and she is all of twenty-four years old. She is the recipient of the prestigious Sidney Award for socially conscious journalism. The Baltimore Sun has compared her to Woodward and Bernstein, the two young men who broke the Watergate story back in the 1970's. CNN has just hired her. When she was 22, Ganim worked for a tiny little newspaper in the small town of State College, Pennsylvania. If you've never heard of Ganim, maybe the name Jerry Sandusky rings a bell. Or how about the late Joe Paterno, affectionately known as Joe Pa? Ever heard of him?

With dogged determination and cleverly using the online message boards and social media around the university, Penn State grad Sara Ganim is the woman who broke the story of Jerry Sandusky, the man accused of raping innocent young boys. A judge just ruled against Sandusky's motion to dismiss charges, and the trial starts June 5.

It's a modern day David and Goliath story, where a young unknown person with just a slingshot causes the mighty to fall. Sara Ganim. Remember that name, because we haven't heard the last of this great young woman.

Susan