Beth Shapiro

Therefore, I am the only expert.

And if anybody says something that disagrees with what I believe to be true, they're just wrong.

I'm not even going to think about it.

They're just wrong.

Yeah.

There are going to be people, there are going to be colleagues of mine that are angry with me that I have come here to talk to you.

And that is part of the problem.

I actually started in broadcast journalism.

Really?

I was in high school.

I was convinced that I wanted to work in broadcast journalism.

I got a job working at the local TV station.

I grew up in Rome, Georgia, northwest corner of Georgia.

And I got a job at the TV station where I was first operating the camera and helping people write copy.

And then I got to be on air.

I auditioned for a spot in the morning where I would do local cut-ins on headline news in the

like 24 and 54 after the hour.

But I had to wake up really early in the morning and go to work.

I was in high school.

Go to work, write the script, go on TV, learn to read the teleprompter.