I had gone to all the big stories of the '80s, which was one of the most fertile times in American journalism, around the world and here as well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.
When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
The '80s was a wild decade, and I had some fantastic times. And I did some really fun work.
I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.
It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.
When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And I just found myself back in journalism again.
I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.
I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
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