that with nearly 200 bureaus worldwide and roughtly 2000 reporters. While so many organizations are shrinking their news coverage, we’re growing ours - investing in news. So, for me, it was a chance to help inform people at the highest possible level, equipped with the best data and reporting.
It was also a chance to broaden my reach internationally. We’re in more than 300 million homes worldwide and streamed live online, on your ipad and iphone. I wanted to help stimulate the conversation that business leaders are having and, at Bloomberg, I get the chance to do that every day. R: What do you do exactly at Bloomberg? TR: I anchor Street Smart from 3-5pm daily. I also anchored all out political coverage in last year’s election and am currently working on several documentaries and other long form vehicles for Bloomberg. I’m incredibly involved in the entire editorial process, which is a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week endeavor. I’m always looking for good stories, I’m always talking to my sources, always thinking about who my viewers might want to hear from, and I’m always thinking about how to make the show most relevant and exciting for viewers. I’m fortunate to have an incredible team around me. I have a phenomenal Executive Producer, Jason Farkas, who is super creative, very talented and works closely with me to make sure we put the best business show on the air every day. I’ve also Johnson, who’s a ton of really pushing Bloomberg forward, making us the go-to destination for viewers who want smart conversation and fascinating story telling.
It’s a very exciting time to be here. R: Why are you successful? TR: I’m a hard worker and I’m never afraid to take chances. I also have a wonderful husband, James Ben, who is incredibly supportive and encouraging to me every step of the way. He’s an investment banker so, he’s pretty familiar with long hours himself but, he has always made time for me. James understands how demanding my job is, he respects what I do and he knows how much I love it. His support has given he’s a big part of why I’ve succeeded. That said, I’ve also been pretty darn lucky. R: Is there anyone that’s given you great advice along the way? TR: Sure. Bob Schieffer from CBS’ Face The Nation has been a wonderful mentor. He’s an incredible journalist with a real sense of core journalistic values – something you don’t always see these days as news becomes more entertainment driven. Besides the gave me some good advice for being on TV. at CBS News one day and he showed me a video of him as a young man in his early days at the network. It didn’t sound like him at all. He was missing his trademark Texan accent! I remember him laughing and saying, “see Trish, this is why you can’t try to be anything but you.”
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