By Lucy M. Pritchett
Oddly enough, afterward xx years reporting the existent tidings for WAVE 3 News, Connie Leonard finds her relaxation together with laughs past times watching reality TV. Her recurring nightmare is i inwards which she arrives slow together with misses the alive shot for a broadcast story. She lately changed her go schedule therefore she tin convey her miss to schoolhouse together with hold upward habitation inwards fourth dimension to tuck her inwards at night. You mightiness hold upward surprised at the mortal she would similar to interview today. Photo past times Melissa Donald.
Turning Point?
I was working for WLKY when I got a telephone yell upward from Kathy Beck, tidings manager at WAVE. She took me to tiffin together with offered me a job. As I wasn’t nether contract amongst WLKY, I accepted. That was xx years ago. At start I did a lot of travel. I covered the Final Four. I went to Toronto for the Pope’s visit. I was inwards Atlanta for the Olympics during the bombing together with inwards Salt Lake City for the wintertime games.
Learned over the years?
I’ve learned to brand certain to e'er acquire both sides of the story. Talk to every bit many people every bit possible. Fact cheque everything.
When did yous receive got the start inkling that yous would acquire into broadcast journalism?
My dad together with I watched the even out tidings on TV every night, together with nosotros would hash out the stories over dinner. Seeing the visual of what was happening abroad was therefore impactful. In college I worked on the schoolhouse paper together with had also worked at a radio station. I explored however photography, but I knew from childhood that I liked the broadcast medium to tell a story.
Accepted close yourself?
That I can’t exercise everything all the time. I was raised every bit a ‘yes’ person. I e'er felt guilty because I idea I wasn’t doing enough. Today, if I can’t exercise it, I’ll allow it go.
Favorite smell?
Flowers together with fresh cutting grass. I dearest those outdoor smells. And, lavender.
Guilty pleasure?
Give me a purse of salty Kettle chips, together with I’m your friend forever.
What is your electrical flow schedule?
At start I didn’t acquire habitation until afterward midnight. I was anchor for the 7pm tidings together with reporter for the 11pm news. I wouldn’t acquire to bed until 2am and, because I wanted to convey my miss to school, I was only getting 3 to iv hours of sleep. So ii years agone I changed my schedule, together with straight off I am at the station from 10:30am to 7:30pm, which agency I tin convey her to schoolhouse together with also hold upward habitation inwards fourth dimension to set her to bed.
A trait yous dislike close yourself?
I am to a greater extent than accepting of who I am now. Perhaps I am a piffling likewise skeptical. I listen, but I’m however skeptical. I’m non every bit opened upward when I hear the floor the start time.
First working experience?
My parents owned Leonard’s Grocery, a mom-and-pop grocery shop inwards Elizabethtown. I started working at that spot when I was 12. They had it for twoscore years together with loved it.
How exercise yous relax?
I lookout reality TV. After work, I don’t desire to hollo back close anything that’s real, together with fifty-fifty though they are ‘reality shows,’ they brand me laugh. My favorites are Real Housewives of New York, The Voice, and Big Brother. I’ve interviewed a lot of celebrities on the crimson carpet at Derby, but if Bethenny Frankel from Real Housewives shows up, I’m to a greater extent than excited to encounter her or whatever of the reality stars. That’s when I notice myself saying, ‘I can’t breathe correct now.’
Advice for someone coming upward inwards broadcast media?
Master social media. For immature people, existence well-versed inwards social media is huge. It connects yous amongst therefore many to a greater extent than people.
Who would yous similar to interview today?
Peyton Manning. I desire to know how he is spending his individual fourth dimension afterward spending therefore many years inwards the spotlight.
What’s the biggest termination facing America today?
Drugs. From our coverage inwards the final 5 to 10 years, I know that therefore many crimes are fueled past times drugs.
What makes yous angry?
If I experience someone isn’t existence truthful. Also, when I am on deadline together with my reckoner crashes.
Fears?
I’m therefore focused on fourth dimension management, I receive got a recurring dream that I’m headed to a alive shot together with I merely miss getting at that spot on time.
Parting words:
I tell our daughter, ‘Don’t travail the pocket-sized stuff.’ Move on to the side past times side affair together with acquire out the pocket-sized materials alone. I used to actually dwell on the pocket-sized stuff. Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/
Oddly enough, afterward xx years reporting the existent tidings for WAVE 3 News, Connie Leonard finds her relaxation together with laughs past times watching reality TV. Her recurring nightmare is i inwards which she arrives slow together with misses the alive shot for a broadcast story. She lately changed her go schedule therefore she tin convey her miss to schoolhouse together with hold upward habitation inwards fourth dimension to tuck her inwards at night. You mightiness hold upward surprised at the mortal she would similar to interview today. Photo past times Melissa Donald.
Turning Point?
I was working for WLKY when I got a telephone yell upward from Kathy Beck, tidings manager at WAVE. She took me to tiffin together with offered me a job. As I wasn’t nether contract amongst WLKY, I accepted. That was xx years ago. At start I did a lot of travel. I covered the Final Four. I went to Toronto for the Pope’s visit. I was inwards Atlanta for the Olympics during the bombing together with inwards Salt Lake City for the wintertime games.
Learned over the years?
I’ve learned to brand certain to e'er acquire both sides of the story. Talk to every bit many people every bit possible. Fact cheque everything.
When did yous receive got the start inkling that yous would acquire into broadcast journalism?
My dad together with I watched the even out tidings on TV every night, together with nosotros would hash out the stories over dinner. Seeing the visual of what was happening abroad was therefore impactful. In college I worked on the schoolhouse paper together with had also worked at a radio station. I explored however photography, but I knew from childhood that I liked the broadcast medium to tell a story.
Accepted close yourself?
That I can’t exercise everything all the time. I was raised every bit a ‘yes’ person. I e'er felt guilty because I idea I wasn’t doing enough. Today, if I can’t exercise it, I’ll allow it go.
Favorite smell?
Flowers together with fresh cutting grass. I dearest those outdoor smells. And, lavender.
Guilty pleasure?
Give me a purse of salty Kettle chips, together with I’m your friend forever.
What is your electrical flow schedule?
At start I didn’t acquire habitation until afterward midnight. I was anchor for the 7pm tidings together with reporter for the 11pm news. I wouldn’t acquire to bed until 2am and, because I wanted to convey my miss to school, I was only getting 3 to iv hours of sleep. So ii years agone I changed my schedule, together with straight off I am at the station from 10:30am to 7:30pm, which agency I tin convey her to schoolhouse together with also hold upward habitation inwards fourth dimension to set her to bed.
A trait yous dislike close yourself?
I am to a greater extent than accepting of who I am now. Perhaps I am a piffling likewise skeptical. I listen, but I’m however skeptical. I’m non every bit opened upward when I hear the floor the start time.
First working experience?
My parents owned Leonard’s Grocery, a mom-and-pop grocery shop inwards Elizabethtown. I started working at that spot when I was 12. They had it for twoscore years together with loved it.
How exercise yous relax?
I lookout reality TV. After work, I don’t desire to hollo back close anything that’s real, together with fifty-fifty though they are ‘reality shows,’ they brand me laugh. My favorites are Real Housewives of New York, The Voice, and Big Brother. I’ve interviewed a lot of celebrities on the crimson carpet at Derby, but if Bethenny Frankel from Real Housewives shows up, I’m to a greater extent than excited to encounter her or whatever of the reality stars. That’s when I notice myself saying, ‘I can’t breathe correct now.’
Advice for someone coming upward inwards broadcast media?
Master social media. For immature people, existence well-versed inwards social media is huge. It connects yous amongst therefore many to a greater extent than people.
Who would yous similar to interview today?
Peyton Manning. I desire to know how he is spending his individual fourth dimension afterward spending therefore many years inwards the spotlight.
What’s the biggest termination facing America today?
Drugs. From our coverage inwards the final 5 to 10 years, I know that therefore many crimes are fueled past times drugs.
What makes yous angry?
If I experience someone isn’t existence truthful. Also, when I am on deadline together with my reckoner crashes.
Fears?
I’m therefore focused on fourth dimension management, I receive got a recurring dream that I’m headed to a alive shot together with I merely miss getting at that spot on time.
Parting words:
I tell our daughter, ‘Don’t travail the pocket-sized stuff.’ Move on to the side past times side affair together with acquire out the pocket-sized materials alone. I used to actually dwell on the pocket-sized stuff. Sumber http://www.todayswomannow.com/