I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.
It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
The reporting I did was mostly entertainment or lifestyle. I took a very different approach than most reporters. I approached it more casually than you would think a reporter would. Now I'm a morning radio personality, and radio is really casual.
I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.
When people start to write articles about what might be wrong with the 'Today' show you know where you should point the finger, point it at me because I have been there the longest. And it's my responsibility.
Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.
In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy.
I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination.