At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particular topic.

You have a specific, defined audience-at MTV, they assume the audience to the news is 15 to 30 years old and they do a lot of research about the things they're interested in.

In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in the USA Today.

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.

It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.

I've been told I'm a player, but people still don't always return my calls.