They put me on the shift where they thought I could do the least harm, midnight to eight in the morning. Although the hours were lousy, they were perfect for an apprentice reporter.
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Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.
Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter.
All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.
As kids, we traded 'I like Ike' and 'All the way with Adlai' buttons in elementary school.
It was a presidential election year, and as a member of a consortium of Ivy League radio stations, we participated in 'network' coverage of election night.
Once again, no one in charge had given any thought to the possibility that a woman would be involved.