USC Annenberg alumna Callie Schweitzer spoke at Journalism Interactive, a conference focused on digital journalism education, about the value of sites like Neon Tommy. According to Schweitzer, the site was created so students could have a place to publish their work. Before Neon Tommy, students "would turn in their reporting as homework, they would get a grade and it would go in the trash," she said. Schweitzer, who is now assistant to the publisher for Talking Points Memo, said working on the site was an important part of her college experience. "Neon Tommy for me was my journalism education," she said.

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