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

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.

Knowing policy does help make the gossip more understandable.

I worked at NBC and MTV for two years, and it was very interesting to see the comparisons of audiences and the way that I would have to present a story to the two different places.

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

The constant variety is the most interesting part of my job.

If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved.