NOTEBOOK: Career journalist pivots to become co-owner of Sylvan Learning centers
NOTEBOOK: Career journalist pivots to become co-owner of Sylvan Learning centers Friday, March 5, 2021 6:00 AM Becoming a small business owner was a long-held goal for April Samp, and in the past year that dream became a reality for her, despite the pandemic. Samp, who had worked in broadcast journalism for nearly two decades, most recently as news director of WOI-TV 5, took on a new role last summer as co-owner of Sylvan Learning of Iowa. Samp first saw an opportunity to join Sylvan seven years ago, but realized the time wasn’t right as a single mother with her then 7-yea...