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.

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

Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.

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.

Gossip is easy, politics is hard.

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

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