Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.

Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

The Paris peace talks kept a roof over my head and food on the table and clothes on my back because if something was said going in or coming out, I had the rent for the month.

My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.

I taught sixth grade for three and a half years.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.