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.

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

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

Gossip is easy, politics is hard.

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

If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.