{"id":4672,"date":"2009-11-25T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=4672"},"modified":"2018-05-08T14:37:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:37:34","slug":"4672_cnn-journalists-share-career-advice-with-broadcasting-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/college-of-communication-and-media\/2009\/11\/25\/4672_cnn-journalists-share-career-advice-with-broadcasting-students\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Journalists Share Career Advice with Broadcasting Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 23, 2009, around 60 students from the Department of Broadcasting\u2019s \u201cIntroduction to Broadcasting\u201d and \u201cMedia Ethics\u201d courses were treated to a special visit from CNN journalists John King and Dana Bash. Invited by Broadcasting Professor Stuart Schwartz, a veteran ABC news producer and Bash\u2019s father, the two journalists shared career advice and answered questions for the students.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur goal with having Dana and John here today is to give us a sense for how things operate in the real world\u2014in a working newsroom,\u201d said Schwartz as he introduced King and Bash to the students gathered in the DuMont Television Center. He commented that although there have been many changes in the business, and the way in which news is delivered, there is still a demand for it. \u201cPeople are still hungry for information,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bash, CNN\u2019s senior political correspondent covering Capitol Hill, has spent her entire 16-year broadcast career at CNN. She spoke about her start in the business in the Tape Library of CNN working as a field producer, and about even earlier internships. \u201cThe most that I learned about what I wanted to do\u2014and not do\u2014was at my internships,\u201d she told the students.<\/p>\n

Bash and King, who were married in 2008, were also candid about the difficulties of balancing their work and personal lives. \u201cIt\u2019s tough,\u201d admitted Bash. \u201cI\u2019m on air Monday through Friday and John is on air on the weekends. We don\u2019t have a day off together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the host of CNN\u2019s popular Sunday morning talk show, \u201cState of the Union with John King,\u201d King is already a well-known figure in broadcast journalism but he will likely become even better known soon. He has been tapped to host a new primetime program beginning in early 2010 that will take over the time slot formerly held by Lou Dobbs and his program, \u201cLou Dobbs Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the changes going on in the industry, King told the students, \u201cIt\u2019s a scary time on one hand, but if I was you, I\u2019d be excited. Technology is making news more accessible and understandable.\u201d In discussing technology, he told them \u201cYou\u2019re lucky, you are using some of the same equipment we use at the newsroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to technological skills, both journalists stressed the importance of writing to the students. \u201cIt\u2019s all about writing,\u201d said King, who started his career as a print journalist for the Associated Press. \u201cI can\u2019t underscore enough the importance of writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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